NC, PDP reject Domicile Law, move aimed at changing J&K’s demography

The National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday rejected the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020, and the J&K Grant of Domicile Certificate ( Procedure) Rules 2020, saying “it was aimed at changing the demography of the erstwhile State of J&K”. An NC spokesman said the amended domicile law was made in exercise of power under the J&K Reorganization Act 2019, “which stands challenged in the number of petitions before the Supreme Court”. “With the constitutional validity of the Act impugned and the petitions under the consideration of…

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