PDP Demands Revocation of Property Tax on Badamibagh Cantonment Residents

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday demanded the revocation of property tax on the residents inside the jurisdiction of Badamibagh Cantonment Board right here after some inhabitants claimed to have acquired such notices. Addressing a press convention right here, PDP chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari mentioned the choice to levy property tax within the areas underneath the jurisdiction of the Badamibagh Cantonment Board was arbitrary and should be rolled again instantly. Badamibagh Cantonment Board, or BB Cantt, is an autonomous physique underneath the Ministry of Defence.

There are experiences that the folks dwelling inside the jurisdiction of the Cantonment Board are being requested to pay property tax. Instead of serving to the individuals who have been affected by 2019, the federal government is pushing the folks to the wall, Bukhari mentioned. He mentioned the choice must be revoked particularly for the reason that folks within the Valley had been struggling economically.

This arbitrary determination of charging property tax from the native residents must be revoked instantly. People shouldn’t be made to endure. People are in misery for the final two years as they’ve suffered economically. The authorities establishments or companies relatively than serving to the persons are giving them extra bother by such selections, he mentioned. Bukhari mentioned it appears the choice has been taken to weaken the folks of Jammu and Kashmir economically in addition to politically.