Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) today said that the outsiders are taking over the natural resources and the business from the locals of Jammu.
The emerging situation has given rise to the feeling of insecurity and alienation among the people, JKAP President Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari said.
“The people of J&K were in distress and they had no ray of hope following the scrapping of Article 370 and downgrading of the 200-year-old Statehood into a Union Territory. In such a distressful situation, the Apni Party was founded in view of apprehensions among the people that the outsiders will grab their jobs and land,” Bukhari said.
“However, we raised the voice of the public before the Govt of India and we were able to protect the jobs and lands for the locals. The issue of restoration of special status is before the Supreme Court and hoped that the aspirations of the people of J&K would be protected,” he added.
He said that JKAP fight for the restoration of statehood in J&K would continue. “Assembly elections must be held in J&K so that an elected Govt can replace the present form of governance which has failed to win the confidence of the people”, he said, adding that in absence of an elected Govt, the natural resources are being grabbed by the outsiders, the business has also been taken over by the outsiders. “The land compensation is not being given adequately to the land owners along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway by the concerned authorities. The compensation which is being offered to the land owners should be enhanced at par with market value of the commercial value of the land along the highway,” he said while raising concerns of the local population with regard to the industrial policy.
