J&K Apni Party To Hold Kashmir's "Biggest Rally" Since Special Status Revoked
NDTV
Party headed by Altaf Bukhari, launched with backing of central government, is expecting over 40,000 people at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium
The J&K Apni Party (JKAP) is holding a major public rally in Srinagar on November 12, which is claimed to be the biggest rally in Kashmir since the abrogation of special status and division of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two UTs — carving out Ladakh — in August 2019.
The party, headed by Altaf Bukhari and launched with the backing of the central government after Article 370 was hollowed out, is expecting over 40,000 people to attend at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium. The show of strength is the first such by any party ahead of the assembly elections likely by early next year.
Traffic police have issued an advisory and asked people to avoid unnecessary travel towards Lal Chowk and the stadium area in view of large number of vehicles expected to enter the city with people participating in the rally.
Comprising a number of ex-MLAs from former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP), the J&K Apni Party leadership had met PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi soon after its formation. It was the first such outreach by a party from Kashmir after the revocation move.