Purchases made in 4 districts
Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI/ JAMMU, Mar 29: As many as 34 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought properties in the Union Territory after abrogation of Article 370, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha today.
The Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and also barred people from outside to acquire properties, was abrogated on August 5, 2019 and the erstwhile State was bifurcated into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
“As per the information provided by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 34 people from outside the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have bought properties in the UT of J&K after abrogation of Article 370,” he said replying to a written question.
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Rai said the properties are located in Jammu, Reasi, Udhampur and Ganderbal districts.
The question was raised by Haji Fazlur Rehman of Bahujan Samaj Party in the Lok Sabha.
On 15 December last, the MHA had informed that “seven plots of land” have been purchased by persons from outside, meaning thereby that 27 more people have bought the properties in J&K in last three months.
While the previous purchases were restricted to Jammu division, the MHA informed that the properties have been bought in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district also.
Rehman had sought to know the number of people from outside the Jammu and Kashmir who have bought property in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 and the location of the areas where the properties have been purchased.
In August last year, the Home Ministry informed Parliament that two persons from outside J&K have purchased properties in the J&K following the effective annulling of the Article 370, which barred people from outside J&K to buy land or property in the region. The wires of the Government decision have been challenged before the Supreme Court in a bunch of petitions but the Apex Court has not fixed any hearing date hitherto despite applications for early hearings recently.
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