Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP)president, Syed Altaf Bukhari is likely to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modiand Union Home Minister Amit Shah in next few days. As per sources,Bukhari would call on PM Modi and Shah regarding the new domicile law for Jammuand Kashmir.
Government of India had recentlyissued an official gazette defining the new laws. JK Apni Party leadersconfirmed that Bukhari during forthcoming meeting would apprise Modi and Shahthat the new unsatisfactory domicile law is not in sync with the aspirations ofpeople of Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to the Domicile order, Bukhari hadearlier demanded that the order be put in abeyance till the COVID-19 pandemicis over.
“It is most unfortunate that such animportant order has been issued at a time when the whole country is battlingfor its survival and is under strict lockdown to stem spread of deadlyCoronavirus disease. While JKAP had been vehemently demanding Domicile Rightson land and jobs for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the order issued by theunion government reflects a casual exercise carried out at bureaucratic levelwithout taking aspirations and expectations of people into consideration,”Bukhari said in a statement issued.
He demanded that the order be put inabeyance till the country is out of dangers arising out of COVID-19 deadlydisease. “This Order in its entirety is a casual attempt, cosmetic in nature,to hoodwink the people of Jammu and Kashmir who genuinely believed that postOctober 31, 2019 their rights and privileges in the matter of employment andother rights would remain as it had been,” the JKAP president remarked.