SRINAGAR: Syed Basharat Bukhari, former law minister in the PDP-led Mehbooba Mufti government in J&K, announced his resignation from National Conference on Friday. He remained with NC just for two years and three months.
Bukhari was part of PDP till he was a minister and quit the party towards the end of 2018 after the Mehbooba government fell following withdrawal of support by BJP.
In his resignation letter to NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah, Bukhari, who had joined the party in December 2018, said: “Very respectfully, I hereby disassociate from the party (J&K National Conference) from this day onwards. Please be kind enough to acknowledge the above-mentioned expression and oblige.”
In a separate letter to Omar, Bukhari expressed his gratitude to the NC vice president for his love and affection towards him (Bukhari) during his brief stint as a party member.
“Although two years, two months and 21 days is less a time to be mentioned, that too when a major portion (one year and three months) of it got consumed under detention (house arrest) and three months in post-Covid complicacies and ailments… but indeed for me, it was an interesting journey and a learning process as well. Thank you so much,” Bukhari wrote in his letter to Omar.
In his reaction to Bukhari’s resignation, Omar said: “It wasn’t to be. I wish Basharat all the best for wherever his political journey takes him next.”