Overview
- Sajad Lone called for rethinking the administrative arrangement between the two regions, describing it as an 'amicable divorce.'
- He became the first prominent Kashmiri leader in the current debate to openly advocate separation following renewed separate-Jammu demands.
- His statement centers on opposition to shifting the newly announced National Law University from Budgam, as he urged Omar Abdullah to keep it there as promised.
- Lone alleged Jammu-based leaders show 'selective courage' and argued Kashmir’s integration with India should proceed without intermediaries who malign the Valley.
- The BJP distanced itself from MLA Sham Lal Sharma’s separate-Jammu call, and MP Jugal Kishore said the party backs restoring statehood to the entire Union Territory rather than creating a new state.