NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has no legal recourse to criticize new Indian legislation that will give people not born in Jammu and Kashmir the right to become permanent citizens of the disputed territory, a spokesman for the Indian Ministry External Affairs said in a statement.
Kumar called on Islamabad to refrain from interfering in what New Delhi considers to be its internal affairs.
On Thursday, Khan slammed the new legislation, termed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Order 2020, on Twitter, calling the Indian government “racist” and claiming that New Delhi was exploiting the global COVID-19 pandemic to push the legal changes through.
On Wednesday, the Indian government approved a change to residency laws in Jammu and Kashmir, allowing people who have lived in the territory for 15 years to apply for permanent residency.
In recent months, the region has once again become a global flashpoint after India stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its partial autonomy in August and divided the region into two union territories under the control of the Indian federal government.
Islamabad downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian high commissioner in the country in response to the revocation of the territory’s special status.
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