Valley heats up over domicile, separatists to hit the streets

December 23, 2016 09:35

Hindustan Times reports: Separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have announced a state-wide protest on Friday, following reports that said the government has started issuing domicile certificates to West Pakistan refugees.

The announcement by the government comes at a time when Kashmir is yet to recover from the aftermath of the five-month-long unrest triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani.

Separatist groups lashed out at the government, particularly ruling party Peoples Democratic Party, of attempting to change the demography of the state to fulfill the Hindutva agenda of its coalition partner, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Separatists -- Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik -- in a joint statement, said the attempts would not be tolerated as these were things of life and death for Kashmiris.

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