{"id":10041,"date":"2026-01-20T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=10041"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:50:12","slug":"dixon-plan-was-ncs-agenda-mehbooba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/dixon-plan-was-ncs-agenda-mehbooba\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dixon Plan\u2019 was NC’s agenda: Mehbooba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srinagar, Jan 20:\u00a0<\/strong>Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday clarified that the so-called “Dixon Plan” was never part of her party\u2019s vision. She said it was associated with the National Conference (NC) and its founder, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who was jailed over it.<\/p>\n

The NC patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah, earlier in the day, termed Mehbooba Mufti\u2019s idea of creating separate divisions for the Chenab and Pir Panjal regions as a \u201cDixon Plan\u201d.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Mufti reminded Dr Abdullah of this history, criticising him for allegedly misrepresenting her remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cFarooq Sahab is our tallest leader; we respect him, but he forgot that his father, Sheikh Abdullah, was arrested over the Dixon Plan,” Mehbooba said. \u201cThat (Dixon Plan) may have been NC\u2019s agenda, not ours. This can never be the agenda of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed\u2019s party,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The PDP chief said her remarks regarding the creation of divisional administrations for Pir Panjal and Chenab Valley were purely administrative in nature. \u201cPir Panjal and Chenab are remote, sensitive regions facing environmental fragility, connectivity issues and recurring disasters. Giving them administrative empowerment is justice, not division,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Criticising Dr Abdullah for \u201cmisinterpreting\u201d her remarks, Mufti said, \u201cI was expecting Farooq Sahab to speak against the summoning of journalists in Srinagar and them being made to sign bonds. Instead, he accused me of pursuing the Dixon Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

She accused the BJP and NC of double standards, saying that neither party raised objections when Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated in 2019. \u201cBJP already divided the state into two parts. You talk about their leader\u2019s trifurcation demand, yet Farooq Sahab remains silent. But when I talk about administrative convenience, it becomes an agenda,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Reiterating her party\u2019s core policy, the former Chief Minister said, \u201cThe PDP has only one agenda of peace with dignity. Dialogue and reconciliation were the essence of Mufti Sahib\u2019s politics. He worked with Vajpayee to bring peace, open roads like Uri\u2013Muzaffarabad and Poonch\u2013Rawalakot and keep Jammu and Kashmir united.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the return of Kashmiri Pandits, Mehbooba said their homecoming should be based on their choice. \u201cWe feel incomplete without them. I requested the Governor to reserve two Assembly seats for them, so they can elect their own representatives instead of being nominated from outside,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Responding to BJP\u2019s claims that her comments aligned with \u201cgreater Kashmir\u201d or \u201cISI designs\u201d, Mehbooba dismissed the allegations as baseless. \u201cWe only want a Divisional Commissioner closer to people. We are not taking Rajouri-Poonch or Doda-Kishtwar away from anyone, and we are demanding governance at their doorstep,\u201d she said\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar, Jan 20:\u00a0Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday clarified that the so-called “Dixon Plan” was never part of her party\u2019s vision. She said it was associated with the National Conference (NC) and its founder, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who was jailed over it. The NC patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah, earlier in the day, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10043,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10041\/revisions\/10043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}