AIP fields 3 candidates for Lok Sabha polls in Kashmir
Srinagar: Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid Awami Itihad Party (AIP) President and MLA Langate has decided to contest upcoming Lok Sabah polls from Baramullah Parliamentary seat.
Announcing the names of candidates in a Press Conference in Srinagar Engineer Rashid stated that his party AIP has decided to field candidates from all the three parliamentary constituencies of the Kashmir Valley.
Besides Er Rashid himself, AIP has fielded journalist Rashid Rahil from Srinagar Parliamentary seat and Advocate Sheikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman from Anantnag Parliamentary Seat.
According to KNS correspondent, the AIP said that it took the decision after a series of long discussions and deliberations with people at different places via public interaction programs. “Our decision was also motivated by the fact that both National Conference and PDP have failed the people of Kashmir and acted as “B Team of Congress Party,” AIP president said.
Engineer Rashid added: “Now I am throwing the ball in the court of Kashmiri masses to vote for their own party AIP as they have been on and off cursing the bigger political parties at every nook and corner of the valley for oblivious reasons. PDP and NC never supported my genuine endeavors ranging from raising the Afzal Guru issue to several other injustices against Kashmiri nation. For forcing India and Pakistan to have a just resolution of Kashmir Issue people should come out and vote for AIP so that traditional selfish , vested interest political parties who have sucked blood of Kashmiris are thrown out.”
He added, “Let Kashmiris seek answers to very important basic questions which NC and PDP have never answered. The Assembly record of last six years is enough evidence to judge that who betrayed Kashmiris and who represented single handedly their political aspirations against all odds. Let people introspect themselves and use this opportunity to change their destiny otherwise afterwards they will continue to curse the traditional parties whom they will vote and there will be no end to their sufferings till doomsday.” (KNS)