Kathua: Every new political party offers a new democratic option and therefore, all those having faith in democracy should welcome it, BJP minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday.
He said this without naming rebel Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Altaf Bukhari who is expected to launch his own party in Srinagar on Sunday.
Several PDP, Congress and National Conference leaders are expected to join the businessman-turned-politician’s outfit.
“Citizens have the right to be offered different options in a democracy, so that they can decide and accordingly elect what they think is the best for them,” Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Without directly referring to reports of the new political outfit Jammu Kashmir Apni Party, he said every new political party offers a new democratic option. Therefore, all those having faith in democracy should welcome it, he said. PTI

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