Srinagar, Aug. 11 -- Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday refuted the rumors regarding further bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.

The state BJP general secretary (organisation) Ashok Koul told media that there was no truth in rumours that Jammu and Kashmir would be further bifurcated. "There is no truth in these rumours. If Jammu had to be separated then it would have been done when Ladakh was separated," Koul told media in central Kashmir's Ganderbal.

Koul also said that they were not against the restoration of statehood to J&K as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah. "They have promised its restoration at an appropriate time," he said.

He said that restoration of Article 370 was out of the question. "The Na...