Omar Abdullah laments 'What did Kashmiris do wrong?', slams Centre's new land laws for J&K

Lashing out against Centre's new land laws for Jammu-Kashmir, former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Thursday, asked what did Kashmiris do wrong for ir land to be freely available for sale. Pointing out that several states like Himachal, Nagaland, Lakshweep h stricter land laws, he said Indian can buy land freely in those states. Protesting against new land laws, he said those raising against Centre were labelled 'anti-national'. Centre h abrogated Article 370 & Article 35 A which defined permanent residents of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 5 August 2019.

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Omar: 'What did Kashmiris do wrong?'

"Those in Delhi, who claim that y did those things on August 5 to integrate Jammu-Kashmir with India, are still doing injustice to us. re are stronger land laws in or states than new land laws me in J&K. Even today, a citizen of this country cant buy land freely in Himachal, Lakshweep, Nagaland to name a few. We don't kw what is fault of Kashmiris that blindly it has been allowed to buy land in J&K freely," said Abdullah at a Srinagar public meeting.

He ded, "If we speak against it, we are called anti-national. What we are speaking against a law this very land. That what was snatched from us on August 5, was t part of any or state's law," while welcoming former PDP leer Saifuddin Bhat in party.

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Centre tifies new land laws

On Tuesday, Centre tified that Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 will apply in Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect, enabling citizens of India to buy land in newly-carved Union territory. Act makes it mandatory for each state and Union Territory to set up its own real estate regulator and frame rules to govern functioning of regulator. MHA also repealed 12 of 26 J&K's state laws including - Jammu and Kashmir Alienation of Land Act, Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, Jammu and Kashmir Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1956, Jammu and Kashmir Consolidation of Holdings Act 1962, Jammu and Kashmir Right of Prior Purchase Act, Jammu and Kashmir Utilization of Lands Act.

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On April 4, Centre issued a gazette tification defining domicile of newly bifurcated Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. It states that a domicile of J&K is one 'who has resided for 15 years in J&K, or has studied for 7 years and appeared in Class 10/12 exam in J&K, or is registered as migrant by Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner.' order also includes 'children of government employees who have served in Jammu and Kashmir for a total period of ten years or children of parents who fulfil any of conditions in sections'. Since n, Centre has included several more categories - which allowed over 18.52 lakh domicile certificates (DCs) to be issued till September.

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