Srinagar: In a Statement, National Secretary Indian Youth Congress Mani Said: “Altaf Bukhari Sahib, Jammu Kashmir doesn’t need lectures in history from someone who seems more interested in defending the BJP than defending the interests of J&K.
Congress does not need a certificate from Apni Party to prove where it stood. Congress stood with the people of Jammu & Kashmir, defended democratic institutions and repeatedly raised its voice for the rights, dignity and political aspirations of the people.”
He said that: “If Bukhari wants to discuss Article 370, let him speak honestly about August 2019. It was the BJP-led Union Government that dismantled J&K’s special constitutional status and reduced the erstwhile state to two Union Territories.
So why this sudden obsession with blaming Congress?.. Because when you have no political achievements of your own, the easiest politics is to attack Congress and repeat the BJP’s talking points.”
“Apni Party should stop acting as the BJP’s political shield in J&K. Bukhari’s repeated attacks on Congress only expose how far Apni Party has drifted from the real concerns of the people. J&K needs political rights, restoration of statehood, dignity and accountability not politicians competing to please those in power. Congress stood with J&K when it mattered. The people will decide who stood with them and who stood with the establishment,” he further said.
“History cannot be rewritten through press statements. History Won’t Be Rewritten to Protect Political Masters,” Manpreet Singh Mani added.
