Jammu March 27:(KNS) The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference condemned the razing of dozens of structures, including buildings near Bathindi crossing on the Narwal Bypass, terming the action part of the larger plan of ruling BJP to disenfranchise every segment of the society in J&K.
In a joint statement to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Provincial President Jammu Rattan Lal Gupta, Dy Chief Spokesperson Dr Gagan Bhagat, Javed Rana, Ajay Sadhotra, Sajad Kitchloo, Ajaz Jan, Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy, Abdul Gani Malik, Babu Ram Paul, Jagjeevan Lal, Mohammad Hussain, Qazi Jalal- Ud- Din, Brij Mohan Sharma, Master Noor Hussain, Dr Chaman Lal Bhagat, Bimla Luthra, Deepender Kour, Bushan Lal Bhat, Mohd Iqbal Bhat, Mohinder Singh, Vijay Lochan, Abdul Gani Teli, Pardeep Bali, Rajesh Bakashi, Vipin Pal Sharma, PL Sharma, Chander Mohan Sharma, Satwant Kour Dogra, Vijay Laxami Dutta, Swaran Latta, Rita Gupta, Dilshad Malik, Daljeet Sharma, G.H Malik, Sajjad Shaheen, Zeeshan Rana, Yashu Vardhan Singh said the authoritarian attitude of the authorities on subjecting the aged, old, sick, women and children to the worst type of miseries is a human rights violation, which cannot be condoned at any level.
“The measure is highly deplorable. This act has been carried out unmindful of the possessory and other rights of the victims in possession of the residential sites for decades and gross violation of the law,” the statement read adding, “It is shocking that while the party is in power at the Centre boasts of having regularised 1731 illegal colonies in Delhi under PM-UDAY and claimed to have set up an efficient and hassle-free mechanism of providing ownership papers to thousands of beneficiaries, J&K administration orders selective demolition when it comes to tribal, economically poor and marginalized population of J&K,” he said.
The statement further read that on the one hand Prime Minister calls housing for all by 2024 and affordable housing his dream projects and on the other hand BJP through its administration is busy making the poorest of the poor with a roof on their head shelter less.
The functionaries implored upon the administration to put on hold the underway demolition drive and come up with proper regularisation policy in the spirit of being a welfare state. (KNS)