State’s land in ‘Hindustan’ encroached
upon: NC legislator
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, March 28
National Conference (NC) legislator TS Wazir, during a discussion in the Legislative Council today on the state’s land, said the land owned by Jammu and Kashmir outside the state in “Hindustan” had been encroached upon.

Wazir said, “It is an important issue related to the state’s property, which is out of the state in ‘Hindustan’, and the encroached upon land should be retrieved.” While some legislators laughed away Wazir’s remarks, others termed it as a sensitive matter. Although no one from the Opposition, the PDP or the Panthers Party, spoke on the issue, Minister of State for Finance Manohar Lal reminded Wazir that Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India and the member should not speak in such a manner.

Manohar Lal said, “Our state is part of India. As Wazir has said in his speech that it is out of India, he needs to be corrected”. The minister assured the House that the government was in the progress of getting the state’s land freed from encroachments everywhere outside the state.

Immediately after the discussion there was a lack of quorum in the House, as only nine members, including the Acting Chairman, were present.

Leader of the House RS Chib raised an objection that the House was functioning without quorum, following which Micky adjourned it. Micky directed the legislators to be serious in attending the proceedings of the House or face action.