The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Tuesday rejected a private member’s bill introduced by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to grant proprietary rights to residents who have built houses on government land in the Union Territory. The bill was turned down through a voice vote.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, responding to the proposal, said the government could not accept the bill, urging PDP legislator Waheed Para to withdraw it.

Moved by PDP MLA from Pulwama, Waheed Para, the bill was meant to “provide special provisions for residents of J&K for recognising the proprietary rights of houses constructed on state land, kacharia land, common land and shamilat land (Section 4 of J&K Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976), by securing the rights of ownership or transfer in favour of th

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