{"id":9401,"date":"2026-01-12T19:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=9401"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:54:15","slug":"separating-jammu-from-kashmir-akin-to-decapitation-dr-farooq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/separating-jammu-from-kashmir-akin-to-decapitation-dr-farooq\/","title":{"rendered":"Separating Jammu from Kashmir akin to decapitation: Dr Farooq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jammu, Jan 12:\u00a0<\/strong>National Conference (NC) president and former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday strongly rejected the idea of dividing Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These regions are one and cannot be separated. Any split would be like cutting off the head from the body, with Jammu as the head and Kashmir as the torso,&#8221; Dr Abdullah said during a visit to the Narwal Fruit Mandi here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks directly countered a &#8220;controversial&#8221; demand by BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma for separate statehood to the Jammu region, citing alleged discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>However, the BJP&#8217;s Jammu and Kashmir president, Sat Sharma, has distanced himself from the proposal, clarifying that it does not reflect the party&#8217;s official stand.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Abdullah went further, claiming that even the people of Ladakh \u2014 carved out as a separate Union Territory following the 2019 revocation of Article 370 by the BJP-led central government \u2014 now wish to rejoin the fold of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by senior NC leaders, including Jammu provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta and chairman of the Scheduled Caste Cell Vijay Lochan, the former CM engaged with office-bearers of the Narwal Fruit Mandi Association.<\/p>\n<p>He listened attentively to their concerns, ranging from infrastructure upgrades to better facilities, and assured them that the NC-led government in the UT is committed to addressing these issues promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the administration&#8217;s efforts over the past year, Abdullah emphasised initiatives aimed at the betterment of all people in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no need to worry\u2026 all the promises made to the people will be fulfilled,\u201d he said, reaffirming the party&#8217;s focus on equitable development and unity across regions<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Jan 12:\u00a0National Conference (NC) president and former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday strongly rejected the idea of dividing Jammu and Kashmir. &#8220;These regions are one and cannot be separated. Any split would be like cutting off the head from the body, with Jammu as the head and Kashmir as the torso,&#8221; Dr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9402,"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-9401","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\/9401","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=9401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9403,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401\/revisions\/9403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}