Jammu party demands new state
The Morning Standard|November 13, 2021
IKKJUTT Jammu, a new political party in Jammu, which is competing with the BJP on the Hindutva plank, has demanded carving out of a new state from the present 10 districts of Jammu region, parts of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
FAYAZ WAMI
Jammu party demands new state

Its chairman and lawyer Ankur Sharma said the Centre should carve out a new state to end discrimination meted out to Jammu people. According to him, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur districts of Punjab and ‘Dogra’ speaking Chamba belt of Himachal should be part of this state.

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