Police detain Civil Society Forum members for protesting against new land laws
Srinagar, November 03: The Civil Society Forum (CSF) on Monday held a protest 
demonstration near Press enclave in Srinagar.The demonstration was held against the announcement of new land laws for the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian government.The CSF President, Qayoom Wani on the occasion said that the protest was against the attempts to change demography of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that all the leaders voiced their deep anguish and resentment against the attempts to change demography of the territory in the backdrop of the announcement of new land laws. He added that the CSF would continue its struggle against new land laws and attempts to change Muslim majority status into a minority. Describing the order by the Ministry of Home Affairs as an unconstitutional and illegal, Qayoom Wani said that this was a massive assault on the rights of the people of J&K and Ladakh. “The identity of Kashmirs, Dogras and Bodhs of Ladakh are at risk. It is high time we wake up from slumber and fight with full forces. After the abrogation of Article 370 last year, all the laws extended in Jammu and Kashmir are illegal, irrational and unconstitutional,” Wani as per news agencysaid.
“People of Jammu and Kashmir will fight these illegal measures on all fronts,” he said and slammed the repeal of the J&K Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, which he termed as the “first-ever agrarian reform in the subcontinent”.
‘Brazen violation of constitutional propriety is being done. The protesters demanded that the order must be revoked, otherwise, they would come on roads.
Later, the protest was foiled by police and several leaders of the organization were detained.
The JKCSF Chairman and former President of Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), Abdul Qayoom Wani, Farooq Ahmad Trali, Nusrat Ahmad Beigh, Haji Farooq Ahmad Lone and Mohammad Akbar Mir participated in the protest demonstration.