Jammu, July 17: Apni Party president Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari on Monday said the decision of the J&K government to allot 5 marlas land to landless people under PMAY (G) scheme beneficiaries is a welcome step. However, similar benefits should be given to the urban landless people residing in Jammu Municipal Corporation and Srinagar Municipal Corporation limits, he added.
“These landless people in urban areas should also get the benefit of the government scheme and accordingly, the government should allot them 5 marlas of plots in urban areas with a motive to provide land to the homeless families,” he said while speaking at a joining programme here at Apni Party Office in Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
On the occasion, Bukhari said that people from all faiths have extended support to the party’s policy and agenda of peace, and equitable development. He said his party represents aspirations of all the regions in Jammu and Kashmir.
Apni Party provincial president Jammu S. Manjit Singh and other leaders were also present on the occasion. The programme was organized by Women Wing Provincial President, Jammu, Pavneet Kour.
While welcoming the new entrants into the party, Bukhari hoped that their joining would strengthen the party at the ground level. Many people who joined the Apni Party belong to different political parties.
“The policy and agenda of development and unity among the people has widely been accepted by the people of Jammu as well as of Kashmir. The people from all the communities, sections, and areas are joining Apni Party with the hope that their suffering will end. These people supported the traditional political parties, but they tried to create division between the two regions, and the people,” he said.
He said that the Apni Party believes in equitable development, unity and equality in both the regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The traditional political parties exploited the people of both the regions to garner votes from them and return to power. These regional as well as national political parties misused the vote bank of people for their personal gains, and the plight of people remained unchanged for more than seven decades,” he said.
He said that besides holding elections, the statehood must be restored to J&K. “The downgrading of a historic state of Jammu and Kashmir has not been accepted by the people irrespective of regions. Therefore, the public sentiments must be considered, and the statehood must be restored as early as possible,” he said.
He said that Jammu has suffered due to the interference of non-locals in getting contracts of mining, and other trade that was being run by the locals in Jammu plains.
He said that the Apni Party is committed to defend the rights of the locals and no one will be allowed to snatch employment or resources from the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “If Apni Party forms the next government in J&K, we are committed to working for the people of both the region and protecting their rights,” he added.
