Srinagar June 8 (KNS) : In a major development, Apni Party witnessed a major breakthrough as scores of political activists from Ramhal Handwara joined the Apni Party fold in presence of Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday. The joining took place at its party office in M2 Church Lane Sonwar Srinagar. Besides Bukhari, Former Cabinet Minister and Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir, Former MLA and JKAP General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, Provincial President Kashmir Mohammed Ashraf Mir, Media Advisor Farooq Andrabi, Ex MLA Karnah and District President Kupwara Raja Manzoor, State Secretary ST Wing Khalid Bhadana,District Vice President Abdul Rashid Bhat, JKAP Leader Mohammad Amin Peer, District General Secretary Bilal Arif Lone, Public Secretary Adv. Tajamul, Block President Abdul Rashid Mir, Block President Ramhal Abdul Rashid Khan,Block President Upper Ramhal Ghulam Nasir Mir, JKAP Leader Abdul Rehman Dar and several others were also present.
Bukhari on the occasion welcomed the new entrants into the party fold and said, "The party witnessed a conducive day and it is a matter of pride for the Apni Party fold that people are coming together for achieving the goal of development, empowerment and justice. The huge number of joinings especially from various political parties switching to Apni Party clearly delivers the idea and ambition for which our Party is striving day in and day out. I wholeheartedly welcome the entrants into the party fold and I am sure that we collectively can create a change in the society. I also want to emphasize upon the new entrants to work in a transparent and honest manner and reach out to the people on grassroot level," he said.
A large number of political workers associated with other parties have shifted to Apni Party. Those who joined the party included Former District Secretary PDP Kupwara Akash Ashraf Khan, Zonal President NC Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Political Activist Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, NC Sarpanch Mohammad Sideeq Bajad, Ex Sarpanch PC Abdul Ahad Wani, Political Activist Rouf Ahmad Khan, Sarpanch PC Abdul Rashid Malik, Political Activist Sanaullah Bhat, Nazir Ahmad, Senior worker PC Farooq Ahmad Malik, Mohammad Yousuf Bhadana, Tariq Ahmad Mir, Shabir Ahmad Malik, Mohammad Yaseen Bajad, Molvi Ilmdeen, Idrees Ahmad and several others.(KNS)