Issue Brief on “‘West Pakistan Refugees’ Get Ownership Rights – The Onslaught on Kashmiri Identity Continues”

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Introduction

With each passing day, it becomes increasingly clear that abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A was not intended to bring peace, security, development or a bright future for the youth of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). It is now evident beyond any doubt that the main motive of the abrogation of the two articles was to bring about a demographic change and turn Muslim majority into a minority in the occupied territory.  

On 30 July 2024, to further advance its designs of demographic change, the administrative Council of IIOJK under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha decided in favour of granting land ownership rights to the ‘West Pakistan refugees’.[1]

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