Land laws totally unacceptable, will meet PM, HM : AP

Srinagar, Oct 28: Describing the land laws in their present form totally unacceptable, the Apni Party (AP) on Wednesday said a party delegation will meet Prime Minister(PM) and Home Minister (HM) on this issue.

A spokesman of the AP said here Wednesday afternoon an urgent meeting of AP office bearers was convened in Srinagar to discuss and deliberate on fresh amendments made by the union government to the J&K Land Laws.

The meeting was chaired by Party General secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir in absence of the Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, who is presently indisposed, he said.

The meeting observed that the amendments that have been made to the J&K Land Laws are arbitrary in nature and are totally unacceptable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Party leaders also described the superficial restrictions imposed on the sale of Agricultural land by virtue of an amendment to J&K Land Revenue Act as ‘vague and unacceptable’ and resolved to put in all efforts to convince the government of India to review its decision.

During the course of the meeting it was observed that the rights on land and jobs guaranteed under Indian constitution to the permanent residents of J&K were done away with unilaterally on August 5, 2019.

However, it was vehemently expressed that the new Land Laws notified by the union government are unfortunately in total contradiction with the commitments made by the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister with the people of J&K on the floor of Parliament.

It was unanimously decided that a Party delegation consisting of a few senior office bearers would seek an appointment and call on the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister in New Delhi to seek their intervention into this matter.

The meeting reiterated Apni Party’s commitment to strive and struggle through peaceful means to convince the union government for restoration of Statehood and ensuring the comprehensive domicile laws safeguarding the rights of residents of J&K on their land and jobs.