The INS News
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Regional
    • Srinagar
    • Jammu
    • National
    • World
  • Business & Economy
  • Multimedia
    • Photo Gallery
    • Video Gallery
  • Health
  • Jobs & Careers
  • Press Releases
  • Blog
  • Home
  • News
    • Regional
    • Srinagar
    • Jammu
    • National
    • World
  • Business & Economy
  • Multimedia
    • Photo Gallery
    • Video Gallery
  • Health
  • Jobs & Careers
  • Press Releases
  • Blog
No Result
View All Result
The INS News
No Result
View All Result
Home News Regional

Govt Clarification On Land Laws Smoke Screen: Sagar

INS Desk by INS Desk
November 3, 2020
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsappTelegramEmail

Srinagar, Nov 3: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday said that the clarification of the J&K government on new land laws in Jammu and Kashmir is just a smoke screen aimed to mollify the tide which is turning against them across Jammu and Kashmir.
The government is guilty conscious and in a bid to save its face value, has come up with a clarification which is not factual, the Party General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar said while rejecting the government clarification on the new land laws. “Here we have the incumbent government Spokesperson lie through his teeth and allude to the famous land to tiller reforms and abolition of big landed estates as “regressive” and “anti-people”. By undermining the measures which had orchestrated transformation of the poor peasantry and won the unstinting support of thousands of erstwhile disenfranchised peasants and the then central government; it seems that the bureaucratic government make no bones about their hatred towards anything that emancipates people of J&K. Unfortunately the incumbent dispensation is trying to turn the clock backwards to despotic times through such measures,” he said.
Referring to the Land to Tiller measures and the subsequent abolition of big landed estates as a defining moment in Jammu and Kashmir’s post-Indian independence history, Sagar said, “Sher e Kashmir through these revolutionary laws ensured freedom of the disenfranchised peasants and the poor from the shackles of landlords and gave them ownership rights on the land they tilled thereby changing the complexion of J&K and its people forever,” he said.
He said the historical image of the emaciated local farmer in rugs, with sunken faces and listless eyes, toiling to fill the granaries of landlords changed overnight into one of a landowner who expected to benefit from the labor he had put in for generations as an outcome of the reforms that had universal acceptance and applicability. “It was not aimed to benefit a single community. The measures were inclusive; it benefited the people notwithstanding their religious affiliations across Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh helping them to become peasant-proprietors of millions of acres. The kind of socio-economic transformation J&K witnessed would not have been possible without such measures in place,” he said.
He said the changes to the local revolutionary land laws represent the operational aspect of the measures taken in August last year and that It was bound to happen. “Prima facie, the changes enunciated in the order seem to correspond to the larger objectives being plotted with respect to the demographics of J&K,” he added.
He said the apathetic situation of the farmers elsewhere in the country is not hidden from anybody, but here in J&K , the farm suicides, which are widespread elsewhere in the country are not heard of in J&K. “Even the country’s first PM Nehru had praised the then J&K government for the revolutionary reforms,” he said.
He said that J&K’s own laws were a consequence of the legislatives measures enacted from time to time by duly elected legislative assembly and had democratic bearings. “Whatever laws the government is supplanting on people are a consequence of measures taken on 5th of August 2019, the measures in itself are facing judicial scrutiny, therefore the government should have ideally waited for the validation of the measures of 5th August by the constitutional bench and refrain from enacting, and amending local laws. Today we see it being undone by a motley group of officers, who sans democratic bearings. The measures are dictatorial and have not fared well in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. People of J&K and Ladakh have outrightly rejected the measures which they deem hostile to the vital interests of the coming generations,” he said.

RELATED POSTS

In over 70 years, Srinagar records highest July temperature at 37.4 degrees

LG Sinha issues directives on pilgrims’ safety

Extension in summer vacation likely on Sunday: Sakina Itoo

Buy JNews
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

12 More Die Due To Covid-19, J&K Toll Crosses 1500 Mark

Next Post

Unusual symptoms delay Covid-19 diagnosis: DAK

INS Desk

INS Desk

Related Posts

Heat wave: SED advises schools to avoid assemblies in afternoon
Regional

In over 70 years, Srinagar records highest July temperature at 37.4 degrees

July 5, 2025
Under PM’s guidance, J&K Govt changed lives of tribal communities in 4 years: LG
Regional

LG Sinha issues directives on pilgrims’ safety

July 5, 2025
Will seek suggestions from all stakeholder on academic session restoration: Sakina Itoo
Regional

Extension in summer vacation likely on Sunday: Sakina Itoo

July 5, 2025
Police attach property worth  Rs 1.5 cr in Sgr in terror-linked case
Regional

Police attach property worth Rs 1.5 cr in Sgr in terror-linked case

July 5, 2025
3 persons killed in Kishtwar accident
Regional

25 pilgrims injured as yatra buses collide at Chanderkote

July 5, 2025
Heat wave: SED advises schools to avoid assemblies in afternoon
Regional

Heatwave: Sgr records 2nd hottest day of season at 35.3 degrees

July 4, 2025
Next Post
Tobacco ban would prevent 40% cancer cases: DAK

Unusual symptoms delay Covid-19 diagnosis: DAK

Chief Justice For speedy dispensation of justice

Chief Justice For speedy dispensation of justice

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *




Advisor Baseer Khan reviews DDC election, winter preparedness in South Kashmir

Advisor Baseer Khan reviews DDC election, winter preparedness in South Kashmir

November 23, 2020
MoS Uttar Pradesh meets Governor

MoS Uttar Pradesh meets Governor

July 1, 2019
DDC Polls: 51.76 Turnout In First Phase

DDC Polls: 51.76 Turnout In First Phase

November 28, 2020

About

Indian News Service (INS) is the first registered online news portal from the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Our creative team consists of like-minded and socially concerned team of media professionals who carry decades of experience in their field of profession at their back. Our core values have pillars in honesty, empathy, credibility, equality and integrity.

More

© 2022 INS News - Designed by GITS.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Regional
    • Srinagar
    • Jammu
    • National
    • World
  • Business & Economy
  • Multimedia
    • Photo Gallery
    • Video Gallery
  • Health
  • Jobs & Careers
  • Press Releases
  • Blog

© 2022 INS News - Designed by GITS.