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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari believes hisoutfit is the only one that seeks votes in the name of the nation..
The BJP seeks vote in the name of Modi, the National Conference in the name of Sheikh Abdullah, the Congress in the name of the Gandhis and Nehru, and the PDP (The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party) in the name of Mufti sahab (former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed)..
Bukharis Apni Party has fielded candidates in two of the five Lok Sabha seats in J&K Srinagar, which voted 13 May, and Anantnag-Rajouri, which will go to polls 25 May...
Justifying the BJPs backing of the Apni Party candidate at Anantnag-Rajouri, Bukhari said that although the two parties had no formal alliance, the former offered its support after he made an appeal to everyone given that his party was new...
Once considered a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Bukhari founded the Apni Party in 2020 just over a year after he was expelled from the PDP on the back of growing differences with the party chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti...
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