Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 14: Accusing the alleged corrupt officer-politician nexus of looting and plundering the govt properties and tax payers’ money in J&K, the activists of NPP led by Harsh Dev Singh chairman JKNPP and former minister held a massive protest outside the headquarter of Anti corruption Bureau in Jammu today.
The protestors raised slogans of “Brasht Adhikarion ko Giraftaar Karo, Giraftaar Karo”, “Corrupt officers Ke khilaf Karwai Karo” ….and so on. They later submitted a memorandum to Director J&K Anti Corruption Bureau in his office.
Addressing the media, Harsh Dev Singh said that it was shocking to note that BJP leaders who were not holding any position in Government and fell in common man’s category were occupying not only ‘Special Type’, ‘A-type’ Estates mansions but many of them were still living in Ministerial Bungalows. Not only that, the allies of BJP from Kashmir were provided govt bungalows at Gandhi Nagar Jammu to establish their political offices.
He said that a reply received by him in response to RTI revealed that several BJP workers have been allotted Estates Bungalows which continue to be retained by them in violation of all norms and stipulated procedures. It was further shocking to note that the concerned authorities had allowed the BJP leaders to retain the said Estates bungalows despite categoric orders of their eviction issued repeatedly by the High Court. Not only that the Apni Party and Peoples Conference had been conferred undue favours by allotting govt accommodation for their political offices by defying the orders of the High Court.
“On one hand, the govt was demolishing/evicting the poor, marginalized and unemployed in the name of illegal occupation of State lands, on the other it had granted a sort of immunity to the corrupt leaders of ruling party who had encroached huge chunks of State and Forest lands worth crores besides govt bungalows,” NPP leader said.
Singh said that not only the Estates Bungalows but the security vehicles and PSOs were also being allotted purely on political considerations, Singh said.
Pointing towards the non disbursement of house compensation to hundreds of farmers of Chenani, Dudu, Ramnagar and Ghordi blocks by the respective collectors for their residential units dismantled for construction of PMGSY roads 8-9 years back, Singh said that it provided the most glaring example of official redrape and non performance.
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