J&Ok Land Encroachments Underneath Roshni Act Greatest Land Rip-off Of India: Anurag Thakur

Jammu:

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday referred to as the Roshni land scheme the “largest land rip-off of India”, and wondered NC chief Farooq Abdullah and others as to what necessitated them to ‘seize’ executive lands even after ruling Jammu and Kashmir for 3 generations.

He additionally termed the Gupkar alliance as an emblem of “self-interest, rip-off and separatism”.

Former J&Ok leader ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah were named by way of the Jammu and Kashmir management in a listing which alleges that their residential space in Jammu is constructed over illegally-possessed land, a fee denied by way of the father-son duo.

The management of the Union territory as directed by way of the Jammu and Kashmir Prime Courtroom to make public land given below the arguable Roshni land scheme, since scrapped by way of a court docket, got here out with the checklist of beneficiaries. On Tuesday, it got here out with a listing of those that had allegedly encroached land rather than the ones given below the scheme.

“The Roshni scheme is the most important land rip-off of India,” Mr Thakur mentioned.

“They (Farooq Abdullah and others) must give an explanation for to the folks of India as to why they grabbed state lands and made rules to legalise occupancy whilst they served the state for 3 generations,” he informed newshounds right here.

“The Nationwide Convention (NC) leaders have encroached upon executive lands. The party’s Srinagar and Jammu workplaces got here to them below the similar scheme,” Mr Thakur mentioned.

The Minister of State for Finance and Company Affairs additionally alleged that 3.42 lakh kanal of presidency land, together with woodland and state land, has been encroached right through the ultimate 3 many years.

“The Roshni scheme used to be introduced in 2001 to lift Rs 25,000 crore to illuminate Jammu and Kashmir by way of making an investment the quantity in energy tasks. However best Rs 76 crore used to be realised within the income data,” he mentioned.

Lambasting the Gupkar alliance, Mr Thakur mentioned it benefited the corrupt political magnificence by way of lighting fixtures up their homes as a substitute of the ones of deficient and landless folks of the state.

Mainstream political events in Jammu and Kashmir had shaped the Folks’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration for the recovery of the particular standing of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir because it existed earlier than August five ultimate 12 months and likewise to start up a discussion between all stakeholders in the problem.

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