BJP welcomes J&Ks domicile rules; Pakistan fumes

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP functionaries on Tuesday welcomed Jammu & Kashmirs new domicile rules and said this would give long due rights to refugees as well as Kashmiri Pandits living outside the Union Territory.
“The new domicile rules gazetted in J&K are a welcome step. This will give the long due rights to all refugees, including those from West Pakistan, Scheduled Caste workers from the rest of India settled in J&K for decades and children of Kashmiri Pandits living outside J&K, to claim domicile now. Equality and dignity for all,” party president J P Nadda said on Twitter. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said the party had fulfilled yet another promise.
Party spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “The domicile rules notified now replace the erstwhile J&K permanent resident rules that stood abrogated along with the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. This is something that India had long waited for.”
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