Overview
- Mehbooba Mufti urged divisional status for Pir Panjal (Rajouri–Poonch) and Chenab Valley (Ramban–Doda–Kishtwar) along with new districts, citing terrain, distance and service access.
- The J&K BJP condemned the call as sectarian and politically motivated, with leaders accusing the PDP of echoing an ISI‑linked agenda to fragment Jammu.
- NC president Farooq Abdullah rejected new divisions or districts and likened the proposal to the Dixon Plan, while asserting his party had “taken bullets for India.”
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said any attempt to divide Jammu and Kashmir is unacceptable, stressing that regional unity is a core commitment of his government.
- No administrative process has begun to create new divisions or districts, as the exchange remains a political confrontation shaped by post‑2019 reorganisation and existing two‑division, 20‑district structures.