NEW DELHI: It is very unfortunate that key leaders of Jammu and Kashmir including Farooq Abdullah used their influence and power for land grabbing and appropriated government land.
Interacted with the media today on this massive scam popularly known as Roshni Scam. While purchasing 3 Kanal of land in 1998, Farooq Abdullah encroached upon 7 Kanal land, which was forest land & state land. There was a conscious land loot by powerful people. They got benefits under Roshni Act declared unconstitutional by HC.
J&K High Court has declared The Roshni Act unconstitutional and has stated that people who have acquired land under this Act, their name should be listed and made public. Names of various politicians of the state have appeared in that list.
In 1998, Farooq Abdullah had purchased 3 kanals of land but he encroached upon 7 kanals of land which was double the size of the purchase which was a forest and a state land.
Under the Roshni scam, name of Farooq Abdullah’s sister Suraiya Mattu has also appeared who is also a beneficiary of 3 kanal land.
There was a conscious land loot by powerful people of J&K who were getting benefits under the Roshni Act which was declared unconstitutional by J&K High Court. This is a low level politics by powerful people of J&K in a democratic polity and we condemn it.
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