He said that the leaders from different parties had joined hands to fight but the government was trying to weaken them
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NEW DELHI – Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has said that political parties would fight for the existence, identity and culture of Jammu and Kashmir which, according to him, was under threat.
He said that people in Kashmir would not forgive political leaders eyeing to grab the chair. “lanat hai hum par agar in haalat mein aaj bhi hum kursi ke liye lad rahe hai’ (Shame on those who fight for petty power amid ongoing tumultuous situation).”
“Laanat ho hum par agar aaj bhi hum kursi aur secretariat par Nazar rakhein…humari ladai Apne aap Ko bachane ke liye hai…Delhi left no stone unturned to divide us…we should have understood this much earlier,”@OmarAbdullah of @JKNC_ in #Srinagar #Kashmir
— Hakeem Irfan (@HakeemIrfan) October 29, 2020
Addressing party workers at the NC office in Srinagar, the junior Abdullah slammed BJP for branding Kashmiri politicians as anti-nationals. He said that they were being forced by the Centre to leave politics.
“In Nagaland, leaders have clearly rejected Indian constitution, flag and sovereignty, but despite this, talks are being held with them. But, when people in Jammu and Kashmir are raising voice for their identity, land and other rights, you are tagging them as anti-nationals,” he added.
He called last year’s August 5 decisions a political earthquake whose tremors were still being felt.
According to the new land laws promulgated on October 27, any Indian can now buy non-agriculture land in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the leaders from different parties had joined hands to fight but the government was trying to weaken them.
Over a year after the special status of the then state of Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped on August 5, 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday made several changes to the land laws, including allowing use of agricultural land for setting up facilities of public purpose.
In the recent amendment, the Centre has omitted the phrase “permanent resident of the state” from Section 17 of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act that deals with disposal of land in the UT, essentially allowing non-residents to buy land there.
Several exemptions in the Act, however, enable transfer of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes, including setting up of educational or health care facilities.
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD)—an amalgam of seven mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir formed to restore the constitutional rights of J & K as existed before August 5, 2019–has condemned the changes in the land laws and vowed to fight these on all fronts.
The government’s notification has replaced Section 30 and Part VII of the State Land Acquisition Act of 1990 with the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The other major laws repealed by the notification includes the J&K Big Landed Estates (abolition) Act, a landmark act brought in by Sheikh Abdullah that gave land rights to landless tillers.
The JK Alienation of Land Act, 1995, the JK Common Lands (regulation) Act, 1956 and the JK Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1962 were also repealed.
Other laws to be repealed are the J&K Prevention of Fragmentation of Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960; JK Prohibition on Conversion of Land and Alienation of Orchards Act, 1975; the JK Right of Prior Purchase ACT, 1936 A.D; Section 3 of the J&K Tenancy (Stay of Ejectment Proceedings) Act 1966; the JK Utilisation of Land Act, 2010; and the J&K Underground Utilities (Acquisition of rights of user in land) Act.
The notification also maintains that government on the written request of an Army officer not below the rank of Corp Commander may declare an area as “strategic area” within a local area, only for direct operational and training requirements of armed forces, which may be excluded from the operation of this Act and rules and regulations made there under in the manner and to the extent.
