{"id":35375,"date":"2020-12-14T21:54:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=35375"},"modified":"2020-12-14T21:54:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:24:55","slug":"kashmir-jammu-our-two-eyes-cant-favour-one-over-other-manoj-sinha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=35375","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir, Jammu our two eyes, can\u2019t favour one over other: Manoj Sinha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jammu<\/strong>: Kashmir and Jammu are the \u201ctwo eyes\u201d of the Union Territory of J&K, and going ahead, for overall progress, both have to work together without one being favoured over the other, said Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of J&K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cSamaan bhav sey dono ke vikas ke liye humein kaam karna hai aur dono milke hi is UT ko aage badha sakti hai (We have to work towards the development of these two regions equally, and it\u2019s only when both work together that they can take the UT forward),\u201d said Sinha in an interview to The Indian Express. \u201cI think if the administration\u2019s intentions are clear, and the government is not favouring one over the other, then there will be no opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The L-G spoke on a range of issues from the annulment of the Roshni Act and its unraveling to the fear of demographic change in the Valley following the repeal of land laws, the timeline for Assembly elections and restoration of 4G services, and the \u2018Gupkar Gang\u2019 jibe by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sinha, who took oath on August 7, and has visited all 10 districts in Kashmir, and six (of 10) in Jammu, over the last four months, said there were \u201csome people\u201d who have \u201cvested interests\u201d in differentiating Jammu from Kashmir on the lines of \u201cregion, religion, caste, colour or area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

L-G Sinha sought to allay fears expressed by mainstream political leaders that Assembly elections would be put on the back burner, particularly after the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls. He said Assembly elections are held in states which have DDCs. \u201cAssembly function is different from that of DDC or Parliament. So, where is the contradiction?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

There was no reason to fear, Sinha said. The Prime Minister has talked about Assembly elections from the ramparts of Red Fort on August 15; the Home Minister has said it on the floor of Parliament, he pointed out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs mein kisi ko aapatti nahi hai (Nobody has an objection to this). And the Prime Minister has said on August 15, that when the Delimitation Commission completes its work, Assembly elections will be held,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Responding to a question on fears of a demographic change in the Valley, especially after the repeal of certain land laws and amendments in some others, the Lt Governor said in J&K, 90 per cent of land is agricultural. \u201cNobody from outside J&K can buy agricultural land. Even within J&K, only agriculturists can buy such land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

While the amendment to certain laws has enabled outsiders to buy land in the UT, Sinha said there was no treatment for \u201cimagined\u201d fears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cGive me a single example of any outsider having bought land here. Since August 5, 2019, tell me a single name. I challenge anyone to name one person from outside who has bought land here. This is baseless,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asked about Shah\u2019s tweet referring to mainstream political parties \u2014 which formed an alliance ahead of the DDC elections \u2014 as \u2018Gupkar Gang,\u2019 Sinha said: \u201cAs a leader of a party, he has every right to issue a political statement. If leaders in a political party can give certain statements, then others also have the freedom to speak their mind\u2026Constitutional post hum hold kar rahein hain, humko is se matlab nahi (I hold a Constitutional post, and I am not concerned about it) (KNS)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jammu: Kashmir and Jammu are the \u201ctwo eyes\u201d of the Union Territory of J&K, and going ahead, for overall progress, both have to work together without one being favoured over the other, said Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of J&K. \u201cSamaan bhav sey dono ke vikas ke liye humein kaam karna hai aur dono milke hi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}