Parts of Kashmir on Wednesday, including commercial hub of Lal Chowk, observed a shutdown against the demolition drive launched by the Jammu and Kashmir administration to retrieve state land.
Jammu and Kashmir: Shops and other business establishments remained closed in most parts of Srinagar while reports reaching from Anantnag said the main town observed shutdown.
Parts of Kashmir on Wednesday, including commercial hub of Lal Chowk, observed a shutdown against the demolition drive launched by the Jammu and Kashmir administration to retrieve state land.
Shops and other business establishments remained closed in most parts of Srinagar while reports reaching here from Anantnag said the main town observed shutdown.
Although it was not immediately clear who had called for the strike, unofficial reports from Anantnag said posters purportedly issued by the Hurriyat Conference had appeared at some places in this regard.
Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have expressed their resentment against the government eviction drive in Jammu and Kashmir, with former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti terming the situation in the Union Territory worse than Afghanistan.
바카라We are worse than Afghanistan in the way bulldozers are being used to demolish homes,바카라 Mufti had said in a presser in New Delhi recently.
National vice president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has also lambasted the government over anti-encroachment drive.
바카라The government must issue proper notices to those who, according to it, have grabbed state land and give them at least six weeks바카라 time to prove their claim on land,바카라 Omar had said.
He had also said: 바카라Bulldozers should be the last resort바카라.
Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has also been the Jammu and Kashmir바카라s CM also opposed the government바카라s move of eviction drive.
Sajad Lone, who is viewed as close to BJP in Kashmir had also expressed his resentment over the anti-encroachment drive. 바카라Do they want to retrieve land or humiliate people?바카라 Lone had said.
(With PTI inputs)