Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: Hailing the ‘doles’ conferred upon Ladakh region one after the other by Government of India, JKNPP Chairman and former Minister Harshdev Singh today sought to draw the attention of the Union Government towards the genuine concerns and apprehensions of the people of J&K as well which continued to be disregarded and ignored.
“While the Centre appeared to be fully focussed on Ladakh, the people of J&K continued to feel the heat of some of the adverse fallouts of the latest decisions of the GoI after abolition of Art 370 and the passage of Re-organization Act,” he said in a statement, issued here today.
Harshdev Singh said that people of J&K too wanted the domicile law as enacted during the rule of Maharaja Hari Singh to continue so as to safeguard the interests of the people of this erstwhile princely State. He said that possibilities of the land sharks usurping the lands of the State subjects and bullying the poor and un-influential land owners of the State could not be ruled out following the abrogation of the laws giving protection to local farmers.
He said that prospects of loss of employment opportunities was another very serious issue which was irking the minds of educated unemployed youth. He said that a scary situation was erupting in which the unemployed youth was getting restive and agitated with none to address their bonafide concerns and apprehensions. He said that with thousands of UP and Bihari labourers and other workers from adjoining States already having settled in J&K especially in various parts of Jammu region, the concerns of the locals were well founded.
While the GoI wanted to protect the history, culture, lands, jobs of Ladakhis by virtue of the proposed enactment and amendment of sixth schedule, its apathy towards J&K is not only condemnable but culpable as well, said Singh and added that NPP has already highlighted the concerns of the people for protection of their lands and jobs through a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India and would continue to agitate till the issues are addressed in right perspective. He further expressed concern over the collapse of erstwhile Dogra State saying that its demotion as UT would spell doom for saffron party in the days to come.
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