Altaf Bukhari meets Amit Shah, Ajit Doval

J&K Apni Party president Syed Altaf Bukhari on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval regarding the recently announced domicile law for J&K.

Apni Party sources said that Bukhari put forth severalrecommendations for the law among which includes retaining jobs exclusively forresidents of Jammu of Kashmir.

   

An Apni Party leader said that Bukhari told the HomeMinister Shah and NSA that “amendments be made in the law so that all theresidents of J&K as on August 5, 2019 be declared as domicile.” The partysources also said that Bukhari has asked that the clause in the domicile lawrestricting exclusive rights of J&K residents for only upto class forthjobs be done away with.

“There has been a discussion that the clause restrictingdomiciles for only upto posts of class fourth should be omitted from the newdomicile law,” party sources said. The sources said Bukhari also informed Shahthat posts such as that of gazetted and non gazetted levels be kept forcandidates who are domiciles of J&K.

“It has been conveyed to the Home Minister that allgazetted, non-gazetted, district, divisional and state cadre posts be filled uponly amongst the eligible candidates who are residents of J&K,” the partysources said.

The sources said the government was likely to concede to allthe demands of JKAP which includes amendments to the domicile law.

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