SRINAGAR: Political parties in the valley on Wednesday criticised the Centre’s new domicile rules for Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was adding insult to injury of the people as there were none of the promised protections.
While the National Conference termed the new rules as hollow, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the rules will give rise to massive problems for residents of J&K.
“Talk about suspect timing. At a time when all our efforts & attention should be focused on the #COVID outbreak the government slips in a new domicile law for J&K. Insult is heaped on injury when we see the law offers none of the protections that had been promised,” National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said in a series of tweets.
Talk about suspect timing. At a time when all our efforts & attention should be focused on the #COVID outbreak the… https://t.co/B6umRJuBO2
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) 1585729230000
If Govt of India has the time to issue a domicile law in the midst of this #COVID crisis why can’t they find the ti… https://t.co/cD1SWPPV8f
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) 1585734584000
The former chief minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir said the new law was so hollow that even politicians with “Delhi’s blessings” were forced to criticise it.
“You can imagine how hollow the domicile law is from the fact that even the new party created with Delhi’s blessings, whose leaders were lobbying in Delhi for this law, have been forced to criticise the #JKdomicilelaw,” he added.
Omar was apparently referring to the critic