BJP drops 'Greater Kashmir' charge, backs J&K reorganisation bill

SRINAGAR: BJP dropped Sunday its earlier “Greater Kashmir” complaint and backed a PDP-sponsored territorial reorganisation measure for J&K, portion National Conference remained non-committal, calling the connection a “publicity stunt”.The connection by PDP legislator Waheed Parra seeks 16 caller districts crossed J&K and 2 further divisions successful Jammu. J&K presently has 2 divisions — Jammu and Kashmir — with 10 districts each.BJP said the measure should beryllium tabled for debate, flagging objections lone to names “Pir Panjal” and “Chenab Valley” for projected Rajouri–Poonch and Doda–Kishtwar–Ramban divisions.“There is nary harm successful creating further districts and divisions,” BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma said.

BJP would propulsion for a 3rd caller part combining Udhampur and Reasi, taking the full successful Jammu to four, helium added.The displacement marks a departure from BJP’s earlier presumption erstwhile spokesperson Altaf Thakur had called the measure a conspiracy aimed astatine turning J&K into “Greater Kashmir”, stressing what helium called Pakistan’s 1990s design.NC signalled caution. Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq said some Union govt and J&K medication person frozen administrative boundaries till 2027 done a 2025 order. “We enactment determination empowerment, but immoderate reorganisation indispensable beryllium transparent, data-driven and aligned with census and delimitation,” helium said.