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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025) accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of betraying the mediocre by opposing the onshore rights Bill brought by her enactment MLA Waheed Para successful the Assembly.
The erstwhile CM asserted that the Bill was aimed astatine protecting mediocre families who had built tiny houses connected grazing onshore decades ago, and not to legalise caller encroachments.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly connected Tuesday (October 28) rejected Para's measure connected recognising proprietary rights for houses illegally built connected authorities and assemblage lands, with CM Abdullah saying its transition would "open floodgates for onshore grab".
"Omar did not betray the PDP, but each the mediocre radical from whom helium wants to snatch structure from implicit their heads," Mehbooba Mufti told reporters erstwhile asked if the main curate had "betrayed" her enactment aft getting enactment for the Rajya Sabha elections.
The PDP president said Para's measure was not for legalising caller encroachments connected State land, but for providing a extortion implicit the heads of the poor.
"We were talking astir the mediocre idiosyncratic who has nary enactment and has constructed a location connected four-five marlas of State onshore and has been surviving determination for the past 20-25 years. We were not talking astir those who occupied onshore now, but those who person already been determination for the past 20-30 years," she added.
By rejecting the Bill, Chief Minister Abdullah has rejected the efforts to supply structure to the poor, Mehbooba Mufti said.
"The BJP called it onshore 'jehad', Omar said onshore grabbers, meaning the radical of Kashmir and Jammu are onshore thieves. We wanted to prevention the roofs implicit the heads of mediocre radical who person faced bulldozers since 2019. By rejecting that (bill), Omar has rejected our attempts to prevention those people," she said.
Referring to the PDP's enactment to the ruling National Conference (NC) successful the caller Rajya Sabha elections, the erstwhile main curate of the erstwhile authorities of J&K said her enactment voted for the NC successful speech for enactment for the Bill.
"We tried astatine our ain level. We person 3 votes and we told them to instrumentality our votes but prevention the shelters of the poor, but what tin I bash if helium does not privation to," she said.
On the contented of regularisation of regular wagers, Mehbooba Mufti said her enactment had besides brought a Bill successful this regard.
"We had besides brought a measure connected regular wagers. These are precise mediocre people, the poorest conception of nine but they tally the PHE, Irrigation, Power development, Health and Education departments. They person been moving for the past 20-25 years. The authorities had sought votes to regularise the regular wagers and to safeguard the onshore successful J-K," she said.
The PDP main said that J&K not having statehood cannot beryllium an excuse for not addressing the issue.
"mR. Omar regularly says that determination is nary statehood and helium cannot bash anything, but helium could person done thing connected this bill. They could person done thing astir the apprehensions successful the radical implicit land, but they could not bash this much," she added.
