Srinagar 02 April (KNS): Pakistani Administered Kashmiri (PaK) woman, who contested District Devlopment Council Election from Drugmulla constituency of Kupwara District joined Apni party today.
Talking to Kashmir News Service Correspondent Fayaz Hameed, after joining Apni party, she said, " after meeting JKAP Patron, Altaf Bukhari, I found him very good and vibrant leader. So I joined his party."
On being asked about decision of SEC on expelling her from election process, She said, " I have all documentary proofs which have been issued officially to me.
Documents are valid and official, I have not created them at home,"she added.
“Since now I have set foot in politics, my political journey will be different from other political leaders, I have always believed in representation of legal issues of people and stand with their aspirations. Government Decisions does not matter for me as I always want to see Kashmir as developed region”,she added.
She also said that, Apni party has been true guide and aspiration of people of Jammu and Kashmir and will raise all issues for betterment of people.
The State Election Commission (SEC) on 06th of March 2021 declared the polls of two District Development Council (DDC) seats as “null and void” after two women from Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK), married to locals from the Valley, contested the elections in December last year among which one was Soomia Sadaf from Drugmulla constituency.
According to officials the complaint was received which mentioned that both are residents of Muzaffarabad, PaK, and are illegal entrant into the country and therefore are not citizens of India,” officials said.
The SEC decided to stop counting of polls in both the constituencies following the complaints. The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), in an order, directed deleting of both the names from the panchayat electoral rolls.
She is one of the women who had married Kashmiri men and came to Jammu and Kashmir under the 2010 amnesty policy by then chief minister Omar Abdullah. (KNS)