Jammu: The JK government on Monday introduced the controversial Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) Ordinance, 2017, which which makes people calling for strikes or demonstrations, leading to damage of public property, liable for fines and imprisonment up to five years.
The bill was introduced in the House by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Abdur Rehman Veeri.
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MLA Kulgam Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami called the bill “draconian and unproductive.” The proposed legislation will replace an ordinance enacted by the Governor NN Vohra last year on the recommendation of the State.
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik had condemned and ridiculed the ‘outrageous and dictatorial ordinance’ passed by the State Government which calls for imprisonment for those who call and observe shutdown as a form of protest.
