Focus Turns To Domicile Laws, Land, Jobs In Proposed Union Territories Of Jammu And Kashmir, Ladakh

With the revoking of the special status of Kashmir, Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists have made separate demands for domicile laws in the proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The reasons they cite include the need to maintain the current population status, ensuring jobs for local people and the rights over land use.

BJP State spokesman Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, who is a Kashmiri Pandit who left the Valley in the 1990s, told The Hindu that the domicile laws were “the need of the hour”.

“The first preference for jobs should be given to locals. The government should fix quotas for locals. These locals should also be allowed to compete for the rest of job quota in open merit too. This is in vogue in many States,” he said.

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