Overview
- The Deputy Chief Minister, replying to BJP MLA Narinder Singh Raina’s question, disclosed that politicians, their relatives and bureaucrats directly or indirectly own 31 crusher units.
- The attached list names figures including BJP MP Jugal Kishore and his brother Nand Kishore, BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa, Ankush Sharma, Gurdeep Singh Khalsa, a brother of BJP MLA Pawan Gupta, and a brother of former Congress minister Yougal Kr Sharma.
- The 31 politically linked units span 11 districts, with many marked as functional and some listed as seasonal.
- Separately, the government reported 48 crusher units sealed for violations across nine districts, led by Pulwama with 28, followed by Poonch with 7 and Reasi with 4.
- Authorities said the sealing was executed by district administrations and the JKPCC, in some cases under court orders, and none of the sealed units is currently involved in illegal mining.