{"id":10952,"date":"2026-01-30T20:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:38:22","slug":"ashok-koul-rules-out-separate-jammu-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/ashok-koul-rules-out-separate-jammu-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashok Koul rules out \u2018separate Jammu state\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Condemns attacks on businesspersons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Srinagar, Jan 30:\u00a0<\/strong>Ruling out any proposal for a separate Jammu state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&amp;K General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul on Friday said there is no plan for a separate Jammu state and Jammu and Kashmir are one and will remain one.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after a meeting on Viksit Bharat\u2013Guarantee for Rozgar (VB\u2013G RAM-G), in Ganderbal Koul said, \u201cThere is no plan for a separate Jammu state. Jammu and Kashmir are one and will remain one. We will not allow any division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the purpose of today\u2019s session was to review the shortcomings in the scheme and highlight its restructured priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe VB\u2013G RAM-G will now focus on four main areas\u2014water conservation, village infrastructure, rural employment and assistance during calamities,\u201d he said, adding that consultations have been held with various stakeholders, including businessmen, lawyers and social associations, on state-level development and the Union Budget 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to questions on recent incidents targeting businesspersons outside Jammu and Kashmir, Koul condemned the attacks and urged strict action. \u201cThe Prime Minister and the Home Minister have already condemned these incidents. We also strongly condemn them. Every citizen of this country has the right to live and do business anywhere in India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he had spoken to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and party leaders regarding the issue and called for ensuring the safety and security of all traders<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Condemns attacks on businesspersons Srinagar, Jan 30:\u00a0Ruling out any proposal for a separate Jammu state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&amp;K General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul on Friday said there is no plan for a separate Jammu state and Jammu and Kashmir are one and will remain one. Speaking to reporters after a meeting on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10953,"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-10952","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\/10952","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=10952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10954,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952\/revisions\/10954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}