Srinagar, Jan 18: National Conference senior leader and former chief minister J&K Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the government is trying to hide its failures in pretext of land retrieval order, adding “The situation is going from bad to worse with each passing day in J&K”.
“The situation is deteriorating with each passing day in J&K. Government has failed to make J&K peaceful. Kilings of innocents in Rajouri and subsequently providing arms to VDCs are ample proof of the bad situation. Thus to avoid questions and divert people’s attention from such grave issues, the Government has come up with directives about retrieval of state land and Roshni”, the former J&K CM Omar Abdullah told reporters here in Srinagar.
He said the Roshni scheme was never rejected by anyone and retrieving the land provided to people under this scheme will tantamount to betraying the people. He however maintained that if any state land has been occupied or encroached that however should be taken back but simultaneously added, “Such directives of the government are aimed to harass people as the government has failed to ensure peace in J&K and thus want to divert people’s attention to other issues”.
To a query about participation of former J&K Minister Chowdhary Lal Singh in Bharat Jodo Yatra, Omar said “The Congress must not allow any leader to whitewash themselves using Bharat Jodo Yatra”.
“The role of the leader is Rasana rape case incident is known to everyone. The Congress should ensure the Yatra is not used by such leaders to whitewash themselves”, Omar said.
Notably, the Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Yatra is going to enter into J&K from January 19 onwards. Several mainstream political leaders including Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, M Y Tarigami and others have been invited and are joining the Yatra once it will reach J&K.
