SRINAGAR, Oct 31: MLA Tanvir Sadiq said Land Grants Rules, 2022 are being implemented with clear bias in Jammu and kashmir.
Tanvir posted " I raised in the Assembly how the Land Grants Rules, 2022 are being implemented with clear bias. In Kashmir, hotels, shops, schools & homes, many in Srinagar & tourist zones have been served eviction notices. In Jammu, however, similar leases are not touched or quietly renewed or regularised. This unequal implementation exposes the intent, to unsettle Kashmir’s local ownership structure under the garb of “transparency.”
These rules have also hit the backbone of our local economy , small hoteliers, shopkeepers, and cooperative societies who built their livelihoods over decades. Denying renewals and forcing auctions doesn’t empower people, it displaces Kashmiri entrepreneurs and opens doors for outsiders. Land reforms should mean justice, not prejudice. What is being called reform is, in truth, replacement — replacing trust with fear, and local ownership with outside control.
The government must ensure one law, one standard for both regions. Anything less is an assault on fairness and on the very idea of Jammu & Kashmir’s unity."
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