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The Apni Party was founded by Altaf Bukhari in March 2020 after he fell out with the PDP leadership in 2019. (Express file photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

Apni Party to go solo in J-K polls, says Altaf Bukhari; manifesto bats for restoration of statehood, CM powers

August 23, 2024 6:43 pm

On LS poll results which saw debacle of his party known for being close to BJP, Bukhari says, its “biggest learning” was that “there is resentment against national parties and whether it is BJP or Congress or AAP, they have all voted for revocation of Article 370”

Altaf Bukhari’s Apni Party hits reboot, eyes Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sajjad Lone tie-up for Assembly polls

July 01, 2024 10:38 pm

JKAP has dissolved its frontal organisations, including youth and women wings, in a bid to minimise damage to the party in the event of leaders' exodus

Srinagar polls near, an unusual visitor makes an unusual visit to Jamia Masjid

May 09, 2024 7:45 am

Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari, who has been trying to woo the large separatist constituency, drops in at Srinagar's grand mosque – the first mainstream leader since beginning of militancy to do so

Altaf Bukhari claims he is politically neutral

Neither with BJP nor with opposition, we are with New Delhi: J-K Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari

July 18, 2023 12:56 pm

"We stand by our commitment to New Delhi. Anybody who sits in New Delhi tomorrow, we are with him. Jammu and Kashmir is a border region and it cannot afford to take cudgels with the Centre", he said.

Situation in J&K normal, youth chose peace over war: Altaf Bukhari

April 12, 2023 5:11 am

“The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is as normal as in any other place in the country,’’ he told reporters, adding “we shall be happy that for the last eight months, not a single local youth has joined militant ranks’’.

Z+ to J&K Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari, and decoding the language of security

April 07, 2023 3:08 pm

Altaf Bukhari, seen as close to the Centre, now has cover equivalent to former CMs; other parties have been complaining of downgraded security

Behind Apni Party's outbursts against BJP, changed equations

January 04, 2022 11:33 am

For the first time since its inception, the party has openly taken on the BJP -- first over the draft recommendations of the delimitation panel and then over the first Real Estate Summit held in Jammu in December last year.

Altaf Bukhari flays BJP over Delimitation panel draft report, seeks PM intervention

December 23, 2021 9:54 pm

🔴 Charging that that the Delimitation panel's draft recommendations have been framed to "suit only one political party", Bukhari also said his party was open for an alliance with other mainstream parties to "protect the rights of the people".

Will launch peaceful struggle for Article 370 if SC doesn’t restore it, says Apni Party chief

August 04, 2021 7:40 am

“We have full confidence that Supreme Court will restore it [Article 370] and if it does not do it, we will fight the way we did for land rights,” he said, referring to the government allowing only UT’s domiciles to own land in Jammu and Kashmir. “