Srinagar, Dec 22 (KNS): With issuance of domicile certificates to West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs) snowballing into a new controversy with Hurriyat even calling for fresh protests on Friday, the ruling BJP Thursday ruled out any such move of granting domicile certificates to the WPRs.
Talking to KNS over phone, BJP General Secretary (organization), Ashok Koul Thursday said there is no such proposal of issuing domicile certificates to the West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs).
“Some people are creating unnecessary fuss over nothing. The WPRs are not be given any domicile certificates, but they are being issued identification certificates,” he said.
Asked to explain the difference in identification and domicile certificates, Koul clarified that the WPRs are applying for jobs in para-military forces, since they have been living here for decades now, so they need a certificate for it.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“The concerned tehsildars will be issuing identification certificates to them after proper identification by concerned Numberdars. There is no case of domicile certificates. How can they be given domicile certificates when they aren’t the State subjects of this State,” Koul told KNS.
He said some people are creating unnecessary uproar over the issue the same way they created over Sainik colony. “We weren’t going to settle non-state subject sainiks in those colonies,” he added. (KNS)