Jammu- In a significant enhance to the BJP forward of parliamentary elections, former Jammu and Kashmir minister and distinguished Pahari chief Mushtaq Ahmad Shah Bukhari joined the social gathering right here on Thursday.
Bukhari, a two-time former MLA from Surankote in Poonch district, had resigned from the Nationwide Convention in February 2022 after an argument with social gathering president Farooq Abdullah over granting Scheduled Tribe standing to Pahari-speaking individuals.
Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, together with different social gathering leaders, welcomed Bukhari and a whole bunch of his supporters, together with former bureaucrat G M Khuwaja and retired senior superintendent of police Shabir Geelani, into the social gathering fold on the social gathering headquarters right here.
“I’ve saved my promise of becoming a member of a celebration which fulfils our long-pending demand of ST standing. I’m grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dwelling Minister Amit Shah and Raina for doing justice with Paharis who’ve struggled for 40 lengthy years for the ST standing,” Bukhari advised reporters.
The BJP-led central authorities not too long ago added 4 communities — Gadda Brahmin, Koli, Paddari Tribe and Pahari Ethnic group — to the record of Scheduled Tribes in Jammu and Kashmir.
After resigning from the NC, the previous minister had mentioned his assertion at a perform that “we won’t hesitate in supporting any social gathering which is able to assist the neighborhood in attaining its demand of ST standing didn’t go down properly with the NC management and I used to be requested for a proof.”
He claimed that he had a “heated argument” with Abdullah over the problem and submitted his resignation from the fundamental membership of the social gathering after strolling out of the assembly.
Raina mentioned, “Bukhari isn’t solely a political stalwart however a non secular character having a variety of affect on individuals (of his neighborhood) in each Jammu and Kashmir. His becoming a member of BJP will additional strengthen the social gathering on the grassroots degree.”
He claimed a wave in Jammu and Kashmir in favour of the BJP and the prime minister who had offered justice to all sections of society who have been disadvantaged of their rights for the previous 70 years.
“Within the coming days, you will notice extra political stalwarts becoming a member of BJP and there will probably be just one social gathering left in Jammu and Kashmir,” he mentioned, including that the lotus — the BJP’s ballot image — will bloom not solely in Dal Lake however in your entire panorama in Kashmir.
Lok Sabha elections are due in April-Might.
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