Srinagar, April 25 -- Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari, on Thursday, said that the politics of rhetoric and manipulation must end in Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a public rally in the Khansahib area of central Kashmir's Budgam on Thursday, Bukhari appealed to people to reject the deceptive and exploitative traditional parties and their leaders during the polling for Lok Sabha elections.

"The politics rooted in rhetoric, exploitation, and manipulation must end in Jammu and Kashmir", he said.

Taking a dig at the traditional political parties and their leaders, Bukhari said, "I fail to understand how these parties muster the courage to come to the people seeking votes".

He said that in 2019, these parties urged people to vote for them t...