Farooq Abdullah, kin beneficiaries of Roshni scheme, says BJP
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Neither my home in Srinagar nor in Jammu is on the land obtained below the Act, says NC president
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday mentioned National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah and his family have been among the many beneficiaries of the now-nullified Roshni scheme. However, the NC has denied these allegations.
“The list [of beneficiaries] made public after the High Court directions has shown Dr. Farooq Abdullah, his family members and the party leaders occupying land under the Roshni Act, 2001. The NC’s twin offices spread over 3 kannal and 16 marlas each in Srinagar and Jammu were also regularised under the scheme. The scheme seems to have lit up the houses of these politicians rather than poor people,” BJP chief and Union Minister Anurag Thakur instructed media in Jammu.
Describing the scheme “not only J&K’s but India’s biggest scam”, Mr. Thakur mentioned it was launched to gather ₹25,000 crore by vesting the possession to occupants to arrange hydel tasks.
“How many hydel projects have come up? Instead, these rulers who looted the resources of J&K for many decades would purchase a small plot and then encroach State and forest land and get it regularised under a systematic legal cover passed through the Assembly,” Mr. Thakur mentioned.
Dr. Abdullah denied these allegations and the J&K administration’s itemizing of his properties. “Neither my house in Srinagar nor in Jammu is on the land availed under Roshni Act,” he mentioned.
NC vice-president Omar Abdullah mentioned, “The news attributing to sources that Dr. Abdullah is a beneficiary of the Roshni Act is completely false and is being spread with a malicious intent. He has not availed of the scheme for either his residence in Srinagar or in Jammu and any one who says otherwise is lying,” he mentioned.
The J&K administration has launched a listing of 31 beneficiaries of the scheme, launched in 2001 to regularise the land leased out to locals for the reason that Nineteen Thirties. It included native politicians, hoteliers, merchants and a former financial institution chairman.
Former J&K Finance Minister Hasseb Drabu, whose identify can also be among the many beneficiaries, mentioned, “The land shown in the list is the one I inherited from my mother. My mother inherited the land from her father who purchased it in the 1950s. Where is the scam? It’s the media creation.”
The record comes as J&K is making ready for its maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls, ranging from November 28.
Vote for alliance: Dr. Abdullah
Dr. Abdullah, who’s below self-quarantine after a detailed affiliate reported COVID-19 constructive, launched a video message on Tuesday, wherein he made a fervent attraction to voters to come back out in giant quantity for the candidates fielded by the Peoples Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
“I appeal to people to come out in large numbers and vote for the alliance candidates. This alliance was formed to restore our identity, restore the statehood and that which was taken away from us, the Articles 370 and 35-A,” he mentioned.
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