Altaf Bukhari files nomination papers for presidential election

Srinagar, March 06: Altaf Bukhari on Monday filed his nomination papers for the ensuing Presidential elections of the Apni Party.
Bukhari is the founder-president of the party, which was established in March 2020. His present tenure as party president is ending on March 8.
According to a party statement, Altaf Bukhari filed his nomination papers — as the nominee of Apni Party’s next president — before the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) at the Party headquarters in Srinagar.
He was accompanied by the party’s Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir, General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, Provincial President, Kashmir, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Media Advisor Farooq Andrabi and other senior party leaders.
Earlier Convenor for the party’s Election Board Vijay Bakaya invited the eligible candidates, who are desirous to contest for the office of party President, to submit their application by March 7, 2023.
The polling, if required, will be held on March 11, 2023.