MP Ruhullah Mehdi's protest call over reservation policy ‘political gimmickry’: Altaf Bukhari

Srinagar, Dec 23: Jammu & Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari Monday termed the protest call by NC senior leader and Member Parliament Aga Ruhullah Mehdi over reservation policy a “political gimmickry”.

Bukhari said it is utter disregard when an MP instead of taking up the matter directly with his party president, is opting to stage a protest against his own leadership.

He said people are enough intelligent to distinguish between genuine efforts and theatrical endeavors.

Taking to micro-blogging site X (formerly Twitter) Bukhari said: “It shows a complete disregard for people’s common sense when an MP, instead of directly talking to his party president to advocate for public demands, opts to write an open letter to him and stage protests against his own party leadership”.

“The days of such political gimmickry are long gone. People are intelligent enough to distinguish between genuine efforts and theatrical actions. Underestimating the intelligence of the people, which far exceeds your own, is both unwise and disrespectful,” Bukhari said on X.