Srinagar, Jammu, June 15 (Scoop News)- Reiterating the resolve of the government to free the forest land from the clutches of encroachers, BJP coalition partner in the government J&K state strongly condemned attempts by frustrated political leaders who have been rejected and dethroned by massive public mandate, to give a communal tinge to the laudable drive launched by forest authorities under the able guidance of Forest Minister Bali Bhagat. These rejected politicians mostly from Congress party in a miserable attempt to gain relevance are now finding common cause with hard line anti-national separatist leaders Geelani and Mirwaiz.
BJP State Spokesperson Farooq Khan, while addressing a press conference at party headquarters, asked these self styled champions of Jammu Muslims to desist from such often defeated nefarious attempts at communal polarization in Jammu province. It is not Jammu Muslim who is threatened by this anti-encroachment drive but these are the politicians belonging to political parties who had been misruling the state in the past. Large tracts of forest land in the outskirts of Jammu city have been encroached by these unscrupulous elements who finding themselves to be in hot waters now with this unrelenting drive of forest authorities are making attempts to give a communal colour to this long overdue exercise.
Farooq Khan reiterated that the anti-encroachment drive was initiated from the four localities where everybody in state know that a large number of corrupt political leaders as well as corrupt bureaucrats have encroached upon the precious assets of the state. The requirement of the healthy forests is common to all the communities living in Jammu as well as in the other parts of the state and the survival of the forests is directly connected with the survival of the nomad communities. Khan also decried the attempts of these frustrated self-styled community leaders to project this drive as anti-tribal communities and stated that it is the present coalition government which has taken it upon itself to work dedicatedly for the upliftment of nomad/tribal communities and for this purpose a separate tribal ministry has been formed.
Once again lauding the efforts of forest authorities under the dynamic guidance of forest minister, Farooq Khan called upon the forest authorities to extend this drive to other areas of the state where the unholy nexus between corrupt politicians and bureaucrats has played havoc with the forest wealth of the state. Khan also called upon all the right thinking and law abiding citizens of the state to fully cooperate with forest authorities in this drive.
JK Cell Convenor S.S. Bijral was also present in the press conference.(Scoop News)-
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