Jammu, May 12: The Apni Party on Sunday said that the migrant Kashmiri Pandits and Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj have extended their support to its candidates contesting from parliamentary seats – Srinagar (Mohammed Ashraf Mir) and Rajouri–Anantnag (Zafar Iqbal Manhas).
As a part of the election campaign, the Migrant Cell of the Party held a series of meetings and worked tirelessly among the migrant Kashmiri Pandits informing them about the policy and agenda of the party, especially regarding the honourable return and rehabilitation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir, the party said in a statement issued here.
These election campaigns were led by the party’s General Secretary Vijay Bakaya, Provincial President S Manjit Singh, Additional General Secretary, Arun Chibber, Provincial Vice President, Jammu, Ex-MLA Faqir Nath, Provincial Secretary / Membership Drive, Dr Rohit Gupta, Provincial President Jammu, Women Wing, Pavneet Kour, prominent social activist, and senior leader, M K Yogi, Provincial Secretary Minority, Nana Wattal, and others.
On the other hand, the youth campaigning team was headed by the General Secretary of the Youth Wing and spokesperson of the party, Abhay Bakaya, and senior youth wing leader, Muktesh Yogi, the statement said.
The campaigning was held at head office Gandhi Nagar, Jagti Township, Barnai, Bohri, Vikas Lane, Talab Tillo, Patoli Brahmana, TRT Nagrota, Muthi, Adarsh Nagar Bantalab, Khanpur in Nagrota, Subash Nagar, Kangra Fort Barnai, Durga Nagar, Datta Colony and door to door campaigning at migrant camps and various non-camps.
In these meetings, Vijay Bakaya and M K Yogi appealed to the KP community to amass votes in favour of Apni Party Parliament candidates whose election symbol is “BAT”, the party said.