The party argues that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have the right to self-determination within the Indian constitutional framework, but not accession to Pakistan nor independence.
[1][2] Mir Niyazi, a former Hizbul Mujahideen commander, became the general secretary and Javed Hussain Shah its vice chairman.
[3] At the time of the election, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress president Ghulam Rasool Kar labelled to party as 'a government outfit' in an interview.
[4] Abdul Majid Gawali stood at the candidate of the party in the 1998 Indian general election in the Baramulla seat.
[5] In the Lok Sabha elections held in 1999 the party contested the Baramulla, Srinagar and Anantnag seats.
[8] During this period Parray became increasingly vocal in criticizing the Indian government, stating that they had used former militants for its own purposes.
[9] In the 2004 Lok Sabha election the party presented a single candidate; Peer Ali Shah in the Srinagar seat.