Jammu, May 22 -- Squarely blaming the NC government for the Raika Bandi demolition drive, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday alleged that Omar Abdullah-led government was in cahoots with the BJP and asked the CM to resign if he headed a "powerless" government.

On a visit to meet the affected families at Raika Bandi area, where they have been forced to live in tents, Mufti blazed all guns against NC and BJP.

Police and forest department teams conducted an anti-encroachment drive in the Raika Bandi forest belt of the lower Shivalik range on the outskirts of Jammu city on Tuesday, demolishing over 30 structures and retrieving nearly 60 kanals of prime forest land valued at several crores, officials said.

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