J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday that no ‘outsider’ was being given land under Pradhan Mantri’s Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), in the wake of allegations by the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of “settling outsiders”.
“Unfortunately, people are being misled that land is being given to ‘outsiders’. No outsider is being given land in J&K,” LG Sinha said while addressing a function in Baramulla.
“Those who grabbed State land and constructed huge houses, not with their own money, should stop misleading people. These people should stop creating confusion,” Sinha further said, without explicitly mentioning any political party or leader.
“So far, 199,500 homes have been sanctioned for homeless families, including 46,000 SC and ST category families eligible for the scheme, as well as 2,711 families without land,” he said.
