By Sheikh Gulzar
(1) The Pahalgam attack has made it extremely difficult for the Gujarati lobby to invest in the builder line in Kashmir, as now Punjabis will not invest here.
(2) The Pahalgam attack has made it easier for the Gujarati lobby to invest in the builder line in Kashmir, because now Punjabi Baniyas will not invest here.
On April 22, there was a attack on Pahalgam (Kashmir), before this, on February 27, the Gujarati lobby has ended the connectivity of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway (DAK Expressway) to Amritsar.
The real reason for this is that the Hindu businessman of Punjab, whom we call Bania or Lala, started buying farm houses in Kashmir after the end of Article 370 in Kashmir. In Kashmir, the Bania of no other state was buying so much land, as much as the Bania of Punjab was buying. The reason for this is that the Punjabi Baniya is relatively braver than other Baniyas of the entire India due to its Punjabi soil. Secondly, because of the connectivity of this expressway to Amritsar, it was very easy for him to go to Kashmir or his connectivity to Kashmir was only a few hours. So he could manage or enjoy his farm house.
Gujarati lobby had trouble buying land in Kashmir by this Punjabi Bania, because Gujarati lobby considers Kashmir as its fiefdom.
They have not done away with Article 370 for commoners to buy land in Kashmir, but now after this Pulwama attack and after cutting the connectivity of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra highway to Amritsar, it will be easy for Adani to cut a residential colony in the entire Kashmir, in which only he is the king. Because, now the Baniya of Punjab who has bought land in Kashmir will only think of selling his land, let alone buying it further.
It is not that this express highway will not be connected to Amritsar, note my point, the day Adani or the Gujarati lobby invests billions of rupees in cutting residential colonies in Kashmir or in builder lines, after that day Amritsar will also be connected to Katra through this expressway.
