Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Wednesday said that the party will not accept the notification of the new land reforms that were issued by the Centre to the Union Territory, PTI reported.

“The new land law is another gift of BJP to people of J&K. The Congress party rejects the new land laws and vows to fight for protection of rights,” the news agency quoted Mir as saying in his address at a public gathering in Gurez area of Bandipora district.

The Centre on Tuesday had issued a notification saying that people across the country can buy land at Jammu and Kashmir, and amended several laws.

In a gazette notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs made several changes to the land laws, including one that allows use of agricultural land for setting up facilities of public purpose.

The most important amendment has been made in the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act that deals with disposal of land with the Centre omitting the phrase “permanent resident of the state” from Section 17 of the law.

Reacting to the notification, Mir said betrayal and politics of deceit was the hallmark of BJP, which was hell-bent upon snatching everything from the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh by amending and bringing in different laws.

The party leader said the central government was least bothered about the aspirations of the people and “takes decisions, which were one sided, politically motivated and against the wishes of the people”.

He termed the new land laws as an assault on the rights of people saying Congress party would not accept such “anti-J&K decisions” by the Centre.

“The new land law is bound to create unease in the J&K, which has been downgraded into two Union territories post abrogation of special status.

“People not only in J&K, but in the entire country have realised that BJP was hell-bent on implementing its agenda undemocratically, unconditionally, besides incorporating different laws from time to time, aiming to change the narratives,” Mir said.