Kashmir MLA ‘boycotts’ L-G’s drug campaign after demolition drive in his constituency

A legislator from north Kashmir on Wednesday (Might 13, 2026) boycotted the anti-drug campaign of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha after the police demolished the home of an area from his constituency in north Kashmir “in an eight-year-old case the place the accused was acquitted and never convicted”.

Sheikh Khursheed, a frontrunner of the Awami Ittehad Social gathering (AIP) who represents the Langate constituency in north Kashmir, did a Fb reside of the demolition of a two-storey home on Might 11 and later determined to boycott the L-G’s foot march in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Handwara “as a mark of protest”. 

“The so-called demolition drive of the BJP and the L-G is aimed toward making locals homeless in the title of an anti-drug drive. There are violations of the instructions of the Supreme Courtroom (SC) that no home can be demolished with out discover or an order. On this case, officers I spoke to knowledgeable me they’d no orders. Nonetheless, bulldozers demolished the home,” mentioned MLA Khursheed, who can also be the brother of incarcerated Member of Parliament Engineer Rashid.

He mentioned the affected household had managed to assemble the home after “promoting a chunk of land”.

“The household was not capable of even shift garments or utensils. All are buried underneath the particles. The sin of the household is that one of many members was booked underneath the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act eight years in the past, was acquitted later and is at present working as an worker in Srinagar. He isn’t a convict,” mentioned Mr. Khursheed. 

He mentioned the L-G took out a foot march to curb the drug menace in Kashmir. “If he’s frightened about our well being, why is liquor not being banned too?” mentioned Mr. Khursheed. 

Mr. Khursheed urged the Inspector Common of Police (IGP) and the Superintendent of Police (SP) to cease “setting targets for demolitions” in districts. “We’ll knock on the doorways of the Excessive Courtroom. Individuals of Langate won’t tolerate such drives,” mentioned Mr. Khursheed.

He additionally requested elected representatives of different events to query the L-G over what he described as “arbitrary actions”. “Why are they silent over the difficulty? Why is J&Okay Chief Minister Omar Abdullah silent?” he mentioned.

The MLA sought motion towards bureaucrats and politicians concerned in encroachments in J&Okay. “Senior BJP leaders have encroached land and constructed homes illegally in Jammu. The Chief Minister promised motion on the ground of the meeting. Why was no motion taken?” mentioned Mr. Khursheed.

In the meantime, L-G Sinha on Wednesday (Might 13, 2026) joined the ‘Nasha-Mukt Jammu Kashmir Campaign’ Padyatra in Kupwara and addressed a gathering. “For many years, folks in J&Okay noticed medication and terrorism as separate threats. However they don’t seem to be two issues; they’re the 2 heads of the identical snake. One head makes cash by means of medication whereas the opposite makes use of that cash to gas terrorism,” mentioned Mr. Sinha.

Up to now one month of the campaign, official figures mentioned 700 locals concerned in the drug menace have been arrested and dozens of homes have both been demolished or hooked up by the police.

On a demolition drive in the Langate space, the police mentioned it demolished two retailers and two residential rooms of “infamous NDPS accused” Abdul Rehman Bhat, a resident of Shartpora Langate. Based on the police, Bhat constructed the home “illegally on Kahcharie (neighborhood) land”.

“The demolition drive was carried out in the presence of the Govt Justice of the Peace 1st Class and different involved officers after finishing all authorized formalities. The property was recognized as being linked to narcotics-related actions and shaped a part of the broader offensive towards drug traffickers and their help infrastructure,” the police mentioned.