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BJP Legislator Vikram Randhawa on Friday (February 13, 2026) claimed that Kashmir-origin radical were “illegally occupying land” successful Jammu metropolis and evoked crisp reactions from respective parties, including the ruling National Conference (NC).
Speaking during the Question Hour, Mr. Randhawa said residents of Kashmir vale person encroached upon the onshore belonging to the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) successful the city.
“The J&K authorities should probe and instrumentality action. There are implicit 16,000 kanals (1999.9998 acres) of JDA onshore nether encroachment successful Jammu and 90% by Kashmiris,” Mr. Randhawa told the Assembly.
He said the authorities was not taking steps to wide this land. “It’s a sinister determination to alteration the demography of Jammu,” helium added.
Ruling NC and the Opposition parties, including Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and J&K Peoples Conference, took objection to the connection of the BJP legislator.
J&K Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo said the contented of encroachment “should not beryllium viewed done a determination lens”. “J&K should not beryllium divided connected specified grounds,” Ms. Itoo said. Altaf Kaloo, different NC legislator, said, “People from Kashmir are good disconnected and person the purchasing capableness to bargain onshore successful Jammu. People person bought onshore successful Jammu”.
PDP legislator Waheed-ur-Rehmaan Parra accused the BJP of “spreading authorities of hate”. “Unfortunate statement. It’s aimed astatine stoking the authorities of hate. The BJP earlier closed a aesculapian college, sought abstracted Statehood for Jammu and thrashed shawl sellers outside. People of J&K person the close to unrecorded wherever they privation successful J&K. The PDP had been seeking regularisation of onshore irrespective of religion successful J&K. No 1 should beryllium made homeless,” Mr. Parra said.
