Srinagar, Feb 10: Apni Party on Friday held sit-in protests against the ongoing demolition drive by the administration at the district headquarters across J&K.
According to a party statement, party leaders led the sit-in protests at the district headquarters across the J&K.
The sit-in protests at multiple places were meant to register a strong objection, on behalf of the party, against the administration’s ongoing demolition drive. The protesters demanded immediate stoppage of the bulldozing drive.
Official spokesperson said the party is not against retrieving large chunks of land occupied by the land mafia, but they demand regularization of the small amount of State/Kacharai land, which has been in possession of common people for decades or in some cases for more than a century.
“In the Kashmir valley, senior party leaders including Usman Majid, Javaid Mustafa Mir, Abdul Majeed Padder, Raja Manzoor, Khursheed Ahmad Khan, Noor Mohammad Sheikh, GM Mir, Tariq Ahmad Veeri, and Javaid Ahmad Mir led the sit-in protests respectively in Bandipora, Badgam, Kulgam, Kupwara, Baramulla, Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, and Ganderbal.
In Jammu region, Manjit Singh led the sit-in protest in Jammu and Samba districts; Advocate Harpreet Singh in RS Pora; Pushap Dev Uppal in Jammu (Rural); Satpal Chalotra in Udhampur; Anil Kumar in Badherwah; Bashir Khaki in Poonch; Sofi Aslam in Rajouri, and in Kishtwar led by Umer Mingnoo,” the press note added.
