Srinagar, Jun 11: Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Jammu and Kashmir's traditional political parties, alleging that the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was a "political deception" created to conceal their failures and misdeeds in the aftermath of the August 5, 2019, constitutional changes. Addressing a gathering at the party headquarters in Srinagar, Bukhari said the alliance was formed not to safeguard the interests of the people but to serve the political interests of a few established parties and their leadership. "These parties have been befooling the people for more than seven decades.