Independent DDC member from Srinagar joins Apni Party

An Independent District Development Council (DDC) member from Srinagar on Friday joined Apni Party in the summer capital.

An Apni Party spokesperson said that Mohammad Shaban Chopan, who recently won DDC elections from Harwan-VI in Srinagar as an independent candidate, joined the party at its office in Lal Chowk Srinagar. "The Apni Party had not fielded its own candidate from Harwan-VI and had instead extended its full support to him in the DDC elections," he said.

He said the newly elected DDC member joined the Apni Party in presence of party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, senior vice-president Ghulam Hassan Mir, vice-president Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, general secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, provincial president Kashmir Mohammad Ashraf Mir, district president Srinagar Noor Mohammad Sheikh and Zone president Sonwar Mohammad Shafi Mir.

On this occasion, he said the party leadership also felicitated the Party's recently elected candidates Malik Aftab and Shabir Ahmad Reshi who won the DDC elections from Srinagar-III and Harwan-V, respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari exhorted on the elected DDC members of the party to work tirelessly for mitigation of sufferings of the people in their constituencies irrespective of their political or ideological affiliations. "Srinagar City is the heart of Kashmir and you need to work hard to restore its pristine glory," Bukhari remarked.

He assured them of the party's full support in ensuring a holistic development of their respective constituencies.