SRINAGAR, Jan 25: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today rejected claims that the National Conference (NC) was demanding a separate Jammu State, saying the narrative was initiated by the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in Kashmir.
Responding to BJP leader Tarun Chugh’s statement that the party had no plans to create a separate Jammu state, Omar said it was “good” that the BJP now held that position.
He said BJP leaders themselves had earlier fueled the demand. It is good if they say they have no such plans, because they were the ones who initiated this. How many of their MLAs should I name who spread these rumors?.
He said the NC had opposed the division of Jammu and Kashmir from the beginning and maintained a consistent stand against any further bifurcation & from the beginning, we did not want Jammu and Kashmir to be separated but they separated Ladakh and destroyed Ladakh.
CM accused the BJP and its “friends in Kashmir” of running the campaign for a separate Jammu State. The BJP and a couple of its friends in Kashmir were running this show. We were not.
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