Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 27: Dogra Front and Shiv Sena (DFSS) under the leadership of its president, Ashok Gupta held a strong protest against the encroachers of the JDA land in Roop Nagar demanding arresting of the encroachers to resolve the law and order problem, here today.
The president stated that political parties are playing politics over the entire matter and are trying to give it a communal shape which is very far from reality.
The land belongs to Jammu Development Authority (JDA) falling under Khasra No. 1193 and 1206 which was auctioned by the JDA in 2014 which has been encroached for the past 2-3 decades. However, the land was auctioned by the JDA to the locals through a transparent process and a case was filed in the court whose ruling has been to allot the possession to the allottees of the JDA.
After the court verdict, the anti-encroachment drive was initiated and the land has been freed by the JDA and local authorities.
“People like Mehbooba Mufti and other political parties like Congress, Apni Party have been supporting the encroachers and claiming it as a cleansing of Gujjars but on the contrary it is just one family who has encroached the land and has nothing to do with Gujjars,” Gupta said.
The president further stated that land grabber has no religion it can be a Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Christian or a Gujjar.
Sushil, Lovely, Sampuran, Kalu, Abhishek, Bantu, Prem, Fauji and many others were part of the protest demonstration.