Srinagar, May 23 (KNO) : Former finance minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari Thursday congratulated National Conference (NC) especially its president Dr Farooq Abdullah for winning Lok Sabha elections. Bukhari as per a statement issued to KNO also extended felicitations to Narendra Modi and BJP leadership for achieving a historic mandate on the second consecutive time in the country.
“We must respect peoples’ verdict. There is yearning for change in Jammu and Kashmir. It is time for other parties to introspect for their dismal performance,” he said. He said the poll results in Kashmir indicate the electorate’s desire for a change. “For BJP leadership my earnest appeal would be to review its policies and try to reach out to the bruised psyche of people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he added.(KNO)