Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday appealed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to intervene into the eviction drive of nomadic people and ensure its stoppage.
Taking to micro-blogging site twitter Mehbooba said “Disconcerting to see nomads across J&K being harassed & displaced. They’ve been the rightful inhabitants & are now being evicted on discriminatory grounds. Kindly intervene @manojsinha_ & ensure that this stops”.
Notably the PDP President on Monday visited upper reaches of Lidder Pahalgam and interacted with nomadic families who were evicted from their shelters (dhokas) recently by Government during an eviction drive. She had termed the drive “illegal” and part and parcel of decisions taken on August 5, 2019. (KNS)