Announcing the names of the candidates in a press conference in Srinagar, the chairman of the parliamentary affairs committee of the Apni Party, Dillawar Mir said Mohammad Ashraf Mir would contest the Srinagar seat while Zafar Iqbal Manhas has been fielded from Anantnag.
The Apni Party has so far not announced any candidate for any of the five parliamentary seats.
Bukhari made this demand while addressing a daylong party workers' meeting in the border town of Bishnah.
He said reconciliation is important to shape the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir and its people in a positive way.
The security was accorded by the Ministry of Home Affairs following a recent security review meeting based on an Intelligence Bureau threat analysis.
"Merging of Anantnag Lok Sabha Constituency in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu is an example of gross injustice with the people,” he said.
Bukhari said that to protect the constitutional rights of the people of J&K, the Apni Party came into being.
The new party was formed on March 8 with many local politicians from parties like National Conference and People's Democratic Party flocking to it.
Referring to the decision of Jammu and Kashmir administration, to drop "Sher-i-Kashmir", from the title of government-owned convention centre to make it the Kashmir International Conference Centre, he said that by changing names of landmarks, the priorities of the government seem less rapt about the day-to-day difficulties faced by the people, especially the unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir.
The launch of the new party comes when many prominent leaders of Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah, Shah Faesal among others have been put under house arrest and the draconian Public Safety Act.
