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| Congress leaders express solidarity with 'uprooted' families at Roop Nagar | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 15: Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir along with Raman Bhalla, Ravinder Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney and others carried out dharna in favour of agitating tribal families, uprooted in the recent action by JDA demolishing their houses and sheds.
The PCC team listened to the grievance of the agitating families and people denouncing the selective action of JDA against the poor tribal families having residential houses and cattle shed since 1947 onwards. The Congress leaders expressed solidarity with them and shared the concern and resentment over the action of government and JDA against the occupants from decades while the influential continue to be in occupation and illegal possession of the land and houses on government land.
Mir lashed at the arbitrary and selective action of the government against the poor occupants who are reported to be in occupation and the use of land for decades and said that such selective action against the poor and common people sent wrong signals and need to be denounced. He said that Congress always stands and support the poor and downtrodden irrespective of caste Creed and colour and stand against injustice.
Bhalla said that Congress denounces the selective action of present dispensation against the poor and downtrodden people in occupation of land decades having their residential houses and cattle sheds and earn their livelihood while the higher ups and influential go scot free. He said that action should have been initiated from the influential people occupying big chunks of government land.
Sharma said that India is a welfare state where the poor and downtrodden people need to be provided shelter instead of uprooting them on selective basis in inhumane manner. He said that large number of poor families and farmers are being subjected to undue harassments, in disregard of the settled provisions of law. Sawhney said that government behaviour is against the poor and downtrodden people. The government should take necessary steps to rehabilitate them immediately and desist from unlawful action against poor. |
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