Srinagar, April 30 -- Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday said that the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the legitimacy to seek votes from the people in the Lok Sabha polls as their MPs failed to protect Article 370.

"The performance of the NC and PDP sitting MPs has been shamefully poor over the past five years, especially regarding the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A", Bukhari said while addressing a public rally at Gouripora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday.

He urged people to relegate these parties to their rightful status by rejecting them through the power of their votes.

"In the last parliamentary elections in 2019, parties like NC and PDP sought votes from the people, pr...