Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration, an amalgam of several major parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including the National Conference and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday condemned amendments to land laws to allow people to from outside the Union Territory bought land there, and vowed to fight it on all fronts. The Chairman of the Apni Party of Jammu and Kashmir, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, also reiterated his party’s position on the restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir along with comprehensive rights of domicile on land and employment for its residents. and said that he would take possession of his reservations before the main leaders of the country. country after going through the notification.
In a bulletin notice, the Center has omitted the phrase “permanent resident of the state” from section 17 of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act which deals with the layout of land in the union territory, paving the way for people from outside Jammu and Kashmir. buy land in JK and Ladakh, more than a year after the annulment of articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution. In reaction to the development, the National Conference said the Center’s latest move has put “Jammu and Kashmir” up for sale. North Carolina Vice President Omar Abdullah criticized the government-notified new land laws for JK and Ladakh, saying that the recently introduced JK Development Act, which took effect immediately, was “hostile to interests of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. “
He said that with these new laws, “the symbolism of the residence certificate has been eliminated, since the purchase of non-agricultural land has been made easier. These new laws are unacceptable for the people of JK and Ladakh.” He accused the BJP of indulging in opportunistic politics and that the issuance of the amended notice of land rules smacks of cheap politics and deception. “Interestingly, the Center waited until the LAHDC elections concluded and the BJP won the majority before putting Ladakh up for sale as well. This is what Ladakhis got for relying on the BJP guarantees,” he said.
“The new laws are a consequence of the measures taken by the Government of India on August 5 without democratic guidance and to the resentment and anger of the population of the region. The measure reflects the senseless abuse of the trust of the people of JK for a dispensation that is brewing with abhorrence for the diversity of the country and democracy. ” The measures are also part of a broader design aimed at destroying Kashmir’s distinctive and local cultural identity, thus giving a step to the successive promises made by successive central governments from time to time, “he said, adding that such measures they only reveal that it is not the aspirations of the people that matter to the ruling administration in New Delhi, but the land they want to keep and are interested in.
In reaction to the development, the spokesperson for the Popular Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), Sajad Lone, said: “The amendment stripped permanent residents of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh of the exclusive right to acquire and own real estate in the state, now unconstitutionally divided into two Union Territories and granting such rights to Non-State Subjects. ” Calling the Home Office order a “great treason”, Lone said: “This is a massive attack on the rights of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and is manifestly unconstitutional. The Alliance is committed to fighting the fight against Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh measured on all fronts. ” “The repeal of the law for the abolition of large estates, the first agrarian reform in the subcontinent, is an insult to the sacrifices of thousands of freedom fighters and farmers who fought against an autocratic and oppressive government and a crude attempt to rewrite the history, “he said. .
The PAGD spokesperson said that the order issued in exercise of powers under the Reorganization Act of 2019 is another “blatant violation” of the principle of constitutional property of fundamental importance for a constitutional democracy at a time when the matter was pending before the Court. Supreme Lone said the “unconstitutional measure” is clearly designed as an attempt to pre-empt the outcome of the challenge before the Supreme Court.
“The assault on exclusive property rights apart, changes in urban development laws and the creation of Safety Zones are intended to negatively affect the environment and the ecosystem in the environmentally fragile regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, without take into account serious environmental concerns, “he added. The PADG comprises the National Conference, the PDP, the CPI (M), the CPI, the People’s Conference, the Awami National Conference and the People’s Movement. CPM leader MY Tarigami said it was “a design to further disempower the people of Jammu and Kashmir and put their land up for sale to corporations.” “It is land theft in the light of day in the name of integration, development and security,” he added.
PDP Chairman Mehbooba Mufti said it was one more step to disenfranchise the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “Another step that is part of the nefarious designs of the Government of India to disempower and disenfranchise the people of JK. From the unconstitutional elimination of Article 370 to facilitating the looting of our natural resources and finally putting land up for sale on JK, “he tweeted.
Yet another step that is part of GOI’s nefarious designs to disempower and disenfranchise the people of J&K. From the unconstitutional scrapping of article 370 to facilitating the looting of our natural resources and finally putting land up for sale in J&K.
– Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) October 27, 2020
In a separate statement, JKAP chairman Bukhari said his party would review the bulletin’s notice regarding land rights in JK and present its reservations to the country’s top leaders.
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