Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari today called on the Centre to implement much-needed Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) to help bridge the "dil ki doori"-the emotional disconnect-between New Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir.

He also welcomed Kashmir's chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's recent statement urging the Government of India to bridge the "dil ki doori"--between New Delhi and J&K. Mirwaiz made the appeal to the Centre during his Friday sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar. Mirwaiz , in rare praise for mainstream leaders, lauded MPs from Kashmir over the debate in Parliament on Operation Sindoor.

While appreciating Mirwaiz's statement, the former minister Bukhari urged the Centre to respond positively to...