Gulmarg, Jan. 25 -- Asserting that it's "good" if Bharatiya Janata Party doesn't have any agenda of carving out Jammu as a separate state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said (BJP) and its few friends in Kashmir had initiated this debate.
Responding to BJP leader Tarun Chug's claim that demands for Jammu's separation stem from the National Conference (NC) CM Omar told reporters here that it was the BJP that ignited the controversy. "The BJP MLAs started this debate. How many of them should I name? We never wanted Jammu and Kashmir to be separated," the Chief Minister said.
He reiterated his party's long-standing stance on maintaining the territorial and administrative unity of the region.
CM Omar also recalled his party's opposit...