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JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, while addressing a press conference at party headquarter on Tuesday, said that the LG administration of the Union Territory has taken a historic step of allotting land to the landless people here.
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP, had been continuously demanding allotment of land to the poor landless families, he said.
Raina was flanked by former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta, BJP Vice President Shakti Parihar, Chief Spokesperson Sunil Sethi and Office Secretary Tilak Raj Gupta in the press conference.
Ravinder Raina said that the BJP expresses gratitude to the LG for initiating the process of allotting five Marla free land to poor ones. He also conveyed thanks to the Prime minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for working tirelessly for the welfare of the people belonging to the poor and marginalised sections.
The BJP president said that Roshni Act was enacted by the previous government in J&K on the plea of helping the poor but it was misused by big wigs, who became land mafia, encroached the government land.
The poor in large number were deprived of the Roshni scheme. The court had to interfere to disband Roshni Scheme, which had become a mean of loot.
“Government is for the welfare of the poor and the needy and in J&K under Prime Minister Awas Yojna (PMAY) a big decision has been taken to serve the poor, to end their miseries”, Raina said and added that now everyone who do not has roof on his head, will get free land to construct own house.
