‘Don’t snatch lands from small farmers’
Excelsior Correspondent
NOWSHERA, Sept 2: Urging the Govt not to snatch agricultural lands from poor farmers, JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma (Ex-MLC) has accused the BJP Government of following an arbitrary and discriminatory land policy, depriving the small and marginal farmers of their small land holdings, under their use and cultivation, for several decades and demanded a comprehensive review for framing of a fair and pro-farmers land norms
Addressing a meeting of Congress workers and farmers in Nowshera today, Sharma said that previous Governments settled the landless people and small farmers by following pro-poor people and pro- farmers policies, by granting them rights over the lands under their bonafide agricultural and allied use, as per a fair scale but the BJP Government has been victimising the genuine occupants / farmers by snatching their agricultutral lands.
The influential and land grabbers are rarely touched but large number of genuine farmers including those in cultivation since fore fathers are being arbitrarily harassed by the field staff on pick and choose basis, which is discriminatory.
He urged the Lt Governor to take a comprehensive review of the land policy and consult the stake holders to frame a fair and non discriminatory policy which is pro- poor people and pro small and marginal farmers, to stop the undue harassment of genuine people.
Several prominent party leaders and village level workers put forth their views about the hardships being faced by the common people due to anti- people policies of BJP Govt like unprecedented price hike of all commodities, large scale unemployment and neglect of major developmental projects initiated by the previous Government.
The non-completion of the upgraded Sub District Hospital at Nowshera for over seven years and shortage of doctors in SDH and other hospitals in the area were the main concerns of the people.
They said that there is large scale unemployment due to lack of adequate job opportunities while the daily wagers, need based workers feel betrayed by the BJP. The meeting also demanded implementation of full package for the DPs of 1947, 1965 and 1971.
Prominent among those who addressed included Vijay Bakshi , Isher Singh, Ashok Sharma, Kishori Dutt, Som Raj Heer, Ch Pyare Lal, Bakshi Chander, Rajinder Singh, Raj Shah, Ch Razak, Ishaq Ahmed, Gourav Sharma, Ramji Dass and others.
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