[Reader-list] Bill to disqualify Kashmiri women from remainingstate subjects

[kamalhak at gmail.com]

Hope the vigilante will not see an indian conspiracy in this. Apart from this there is nothing surprising in the bill. One needs to understand who all will be affected by this bill becoming a law. Though, it will be politically incorrect to say this, yet one can't deny the main sufferers will essentially be displaced Kashmiri Pandit  women. The bill is, therefore, a yet another step in the process of preventing the displaced Kashmiri Pandits from seeking their rightful place in the land of their ancestors. 
One also needs to look through the paradox of facilitating the return and settlement with honour  of wanna be militants on one side and preventing a rightful place to a Kashmiri women for her folly of marrying an Indian citizen. 
Going through the events and politics of Kashmir during last two decades, one can safely predict a legislation the strips the displaced Kashmiri Pandits of their permanent residency in Kashmir because of their two decade old absence from the state.

Jai Ho!!!

Kamal Hak
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From: "S. Jabbar" <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:52:38 
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Subject: [Reader-list] Bill to disqualify Kashmiri women from remaining
	state subjects

Shocker on Women¹s Day

PR  Bill again haunts govt
NC allows PDP bill for discussion

Rising Kashmir News
Jammu, March 8: A Bill moved by PDP legislator Murtaza Ahmad Khan to provide
for disqualification from being Permanent Resident (PR) of the State on
marriage of a female resident with a non-permanent resident was allowed in
the House unopposed.


The bill (LC Private Members Bill No 04 of 2010) moved by Khan was allowed
unopposed in the House. The Bill  favours disqualification from being
Permanent Resident of the State on marriage of a female permanent resident
with a non-permanent resident and on termination of marriage of a
non-resident female with a permanent resident husband.

The Bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly in March 2004. However,
Congress, which was then the coalition partner of PDP-Congress ruling
alliance voted against the bill in Legislative Assembly. The bill was
rejected by the House.

 NC had then supported the Bill but Congress was strongly opposed.

The PDP legislator Murtaza Khan also moved a Bill (LC Private Members Bill
No 01 of 2010)   to provide for effective protection of women from domestic
violence and for matters connected therewith was rejected by the House.

Earlier, the government had said that it will move a bill on Domestic
Violence in the Assembly.

''To empower the Jammu and Kashmir women so that they can fight for their
rights, the government is going to move a bill on Domestic Violence in the
ongoing session,'' Sakina Ittoo, Minister for Social Welfare had said.

She had said that the bill will soon be tabled in the Legislative Assembly.
³We are sure that the government will give green signal for its
implementation in the state.''

Sakina had said the complaints of domestic violence are rising in the state.

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