Jammu, Aug 21: The entire District

Congress Committee unit of Kishtwar

under the leadership Mohinder Singh
Parihar and retired Principal District
Sessions Judge, Ashok Shan among
others on Friday joined Jammu and
Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) at Gandhi
Nagar.
In a statement to the press here,
the JKAP spokesperson of the party
said that they had organised an
impressive function to the party’s
headquarters to welcome the entire
District Congress Committee,
Kishtwar, Youth Congress leaders,
National Students Union of India
(NSUI) prominent persons and entire
District Congress Committee joined
the J&K Apni Party.
The joining was facilitated by the
Ex-MLC and senior leader of J&K
Apni Party from Kishtwar, Syed Asgar
Ali.
The JKAP senior leaders welcomed
JKAP Ex-District Congress Committee
(DDC), President, Kishtwar, Mohinder
Singh Parihar, JKPCC, Executive
Member, Mohammed Aslam Malik,
Block Congress Committee, president,
Trigam, Kishtwar, Master Ghulam
Mohammed Ganaie, DDC Vice
President, Abdul Latief Choubdar,
Minority Cell District, President,
Kishtwar, Nazir Ahmed Sheikh, NSUI
District President, Umar Mingno,
General Secretary NSUI, Kishtwar,
Arshad Wani, Block Congress
 Committee (BCC) Vice President,
Marwah, Mohammed Abdullah,
District Congress Committee, Daligate,
Mohammed Skinder, General
Secretary, PPU, Ayaiz Ahmed Zargar,
Secretary, Youth Congress, Umair
Mushtaq, retired District and Session,
Judge, Ashok Shan, Jagdesh Raj Rana,
retired DySP Ghulam Mohammed,
Ghulam Nabi Waza and others in the
party folds.
They were welcomed into the party
by the JKAP’s senior leaders including
former minister Mohammed Dilawar
Mir, former Minister Aijaz Ahmed
Khan, former minister Manjit Singh,
Ex-MLA Kamal Arora, Ex-MLC Vijay
Bakaya, Ex-MLC Syed Asgar Ali,
senior leader Vikram Malhotra, senior
leader Namrata Sharma, leader Raqeeq
Ahmed Khan, Abhay Bakaya, Ajaz
Kazmi, Shanker Singh Chib, former
Senior Additional Advocate General
Nirmal Kotwal, Madan Lal Chalotra,
Sohan Singh Sodi, Bodh Raj Bhagat,
Gourav Kapoor, Vabhav Mattoo,
Surdeesh Rana, Vajinder Singh, Sahil
Wazir and others.
Speaking on the occasion, the
senior leader and former minister
Mohammed Dilawar Mir said that
the people are joining JKAP because
of the pragmatic and positive political
approach in the party’s on various
issues confronted by the people in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Raising his serious concern over
 attempts to further promote division
of J&K regions, Mir questioned a
political party for its failure to take
up statehood issues before the
Government.
“National Conference leaders
have been reviving demand for
separate Statehood for Jammu region
which reveals their political motive
to further widen division in Jammu
and Kashmir regions,” Mir said
expressing his concern over the
“divisive politics.”
Mir said that “We always stand
for statehood and unity among the
two regions of J&K. We never
propagate statehood for a region.”
He asked the National Leaders
to come clear on their statement
whether they want further division
of J&K or what was the motive of their
statements.”
Meanwhile, Ex-MLC Syed Asgar
Ali welcomed the Congress Party
leaders in the J&K Apni Party and
hoped that “It will strengthen the
party.”
After joining JKAP, the Ex-DCC
Kishtwar President, Mohinder Singh
Parihar said “There must be a healthy
opposition in a democracy and it was
missing because of some people who
had boycotted the political activities.”
He said that the political
environment was missing before the
foundation of J&K Apni Party which
has come as a ray of hope for the people
of Jammu and Kashmir.