Shiv Sena takes on BJP over introducing new land laws in J&K

Shiv Sena on Monday took on the BJP over the recent decision of permitting people across the Country to buy land in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and said blaming former Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru or Congress for complicating the Kashmir issue was “propaganda” to some extent. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS) monitoring, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in his column written in party’s mouthpiece Saamna, while referring to the Union Government’s decision of permitting to buy land in J&K, said that five days ago,…

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Land transferred under Roshni Act to retrieved within 6 months: Govt

The government also said complete identities of influential persons, and their relatives holding benami for them, who have derived benefit under the Roshni Act will be made public. The Jammu and Kashmir government has cancelled all land transfers that took place under the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001 — also known as the Roshni Act — under which 20 lakh kanals or 2.5 lakh acres of land was to be transferred to the existing occupants. The government order, Saturday, was taken by…

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