Asks government to come with a white paper on illegal occupants in Jammu province
Srinagar: Expressing deep concern over efforts of Administration to bulldoze colonies of Muslim dominated areas in Jammu region, AIP President Er. Rashid has condemned the so called anti encouragement drive in Beli Chadana where hundreds of policemen along with JDA authorities were deputed to demolish the Gujar population.
In a statement issued today Er. Rashid said, “the way authorities raided Beli Chadana locality and tried to demolish the houses of inhabitants is condemnable and Government should never be selective and communal in its approach. There is no justification for shelling and Lathicharge on innocent inhabitants. One should not forget that their ancestors have been either massacred in 1947 or have forced to flee to Pakistan, leaving their huge properties here, which were later occupied by people of other communities.
“On February 3, this year state assembly was told that there are twenty one unauthorized colonies in Jammu City but one has a right to ask why only Muslim dominated colonies are being targeted. Not even a single unauthorized colony of other community is being disturbed. There are thousands of non-state subjects residing in Qasim Nagar, Bhagwati Nagar, Talab Tulu, Trikoota Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Channi Himant and various other places but no one speaks about them and euphoria is being created about few families of Rohangiya Muslims and Gujars who are the original state subjects of Jammu,” Rashid said.
An anti-encroachment drive by the Jammu Development Authority in Jammu turned violent in which two two dozen people have been injured. The injured include the vice chairman of JDA, a police officer and a local journalist.
Reports said a posse of JDA officials, Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF reached the Nikki Tawi area next to fourth bridge, Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu at around 7 am.
“As the police contingent approached the area to demolish the ‘illegal structures’, the locals, mostly Gujjars, initially protested and then started pelting stones at the JDA and police teams, forcing them to move back,” the report quoted an eye witness as saying.
In the attack, around two dozen people, including the JDA VC, SHO Bakshi Nagar and a local journalist were injured.
