Omar Abdullah slams Centre’s decision to allow anyone to buy land in IIOJK

Moments after the Centre paved way for people from outside Jammu and Kashmir to buy land in the union territory, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday slammed the government. The Centre has amended several laws, over a year after the nullification of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution.

Omar Abdullah said the amendments were “unacceptable” and added that “J&K is now up for sale”. “Unacceptable amendments to the land ownership laws of J&K. Even the tokenism of domicile has been done away with when purchasing non-agricultural land & transfer of agricultural land has been made easier. J&K is now up for sale & the poorer small land holding owners will suffer,” Omar tweeted.

Modi regime allows anyone to purchase land in IIOJK