Srinagar, Nov. 13 -- Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday urged the government of India to announce a general amnesty for all those who had been involved in anti-national activities during the 1990s and thereafter.

Bukhari said that since the people of Jammu and Kashmir have now chosen the path of peace and normalcy, everyone who had been misled in the past should be forgiven and given an opportunity to lead a normal life.

"During the 1990s, some of our youth were misled into following a narrative that went against the peace and stability of the country. However, the situation has changed now. Many of those people have returned to the mainstream, and even the children and grandchildren of the leaders who were act...