Bharat Jodo Yatra shouldn’t be used to whitewash previous: Omar Abdullah 

By PTI

SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday stated the Congress mustn’t enable former minister Chaudhary Lal Singh, who had supported the rapists within the Kathua rape-and-murder case, to take part within the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir on January 19.

“The Congress will have to look into it that some people might try to use the yatra to whitewash their past. We have not forgotten the role played by those leaders who tried to save the rapist. The way they hurt the sentiments of people is not hidden from anyone,” Abdullah advised reporters right here.

The former chief minister was responding to a query about whether or not the Congress ought to enable the participation of leaders like Singh, who had come out in assist of the rape accused whereas being a minister within the PDP-BJP authorities.

On different points, Abdullah stated retrieving land offered to individuals underneath the Roshni scheme will likely be an enormous betrayal to them.

“The Roshni scheme brought by then state government (in 2001) was passed by the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. After that, it was approved by the Governor. No court rejected this scheme. It will be a fraud with the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the land rights vested under Roshni will be taken back because it was the poor farmers of Jammu who benefited the most from this scheme as they converted the leased land into freehold land,” he stated.

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Opposition events have protested a latest order of the J&Ok administration relating to the eviction of encroachers from state land, together with these handed out underneath the Roshni scheme.

“The government should review this decision,” Abdullah stated, including if the retrieval of state land from unlawful occupation doesn’t trigger issues for the frequent plenty, he had no downside with it.

Under the Roshni scheme, occupants of state land had been vested with proprietary rights in opposition to nominal charges paid to the federal government. While occupants in Jammu received rights for over 28,000 hectares, such space in Kashmir was a lot much less than simply 1500 hectares.

The NC chief stated these drives had been truly an try to divert the eye of the individuals from the actual points.

“I feel all this is being done to harass the people because they have not been able to improve the situation which is evident from Rajouri attacks and arming of VDCs,” he added.

SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday stated the Congress mustn’t enable former minister Chaudhary Lal Singh, who had supported the rapists within the Kathua rape-and-murder case, to take part within the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir on January 19.

“The Congress will have to look into it that some people might try to use the yatra to whitewash their past. We have not forgotten the role played by those leaders who tried to save the rapist. The way they hurt the sentiments of people is not hidden from anyone,” Abdullah advised reporters right here.

The former chief minister was responding to a query about whether or not the Congress ought to enable the participation of leaders like Singh, who had come out in assist of the rape accused whereas being a minister within the PDP-BJP authorities.

On different points, Abdullah stated retrieving land offered to individuals underneath the Roshni scheme will likely be an enormous betrayal to them.

“The Roshni scheme brought by then state government (in 2001) was passed by the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. After that, it was approved by the Governor. No court rejected this scheme. It will be a fraud with the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the land rights vested under Roshni will be taken back because it was the poor farmers of Jammu who benefited the most from this scheme as they converted the leased land into freehold land,” he stated.

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Opposition events have protested a latest order of the J&Ok administration relating to the eviction of encroachers from state land, together with these handed out underneath the Roshni scheme.

“The government should review this decision,” Abdullah stated, including if the retrieval of state land from unlawful occupation doesn’t trigger issues for the frequent plenty, he had no downside with it.

Under the Roshni scheme, occupants of state land had been vested with proprietary rights in opposition to nominal charges paid to the federal government. While occupants in Jammu received rights for over 28,000 hectares, such space in Kashmir was a lot much less than simply 1500 hectares.

The NC chief stated these drives had been truly an try to divert the eye of the individuals from the actual points.

“I feel all this is being done to harass the people because they have not been able to improve the situation which is evident from Rajouri attacks and arming of VDCs,” he added.