J-K now up for sale: Omar Abdullah

October 27, 2020 20:29

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.

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.

In a gazette notification, the Centre has omitted the phrase "permanent resident of the state" from Section 17 of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act that deals with disposal of the land in the union territory.

Before the repeal of Article 370 and Article 35-A in August 2019, non-residents could not buy any immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the fresh changes have paved the way for non-residents to buy land in the union territory.

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