Srinagar, Jan. 10 -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti warned on Friday that any attempt at dividing Jammu and Kashmir along the religious lines would validate the 'two-nation theory' propounded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

"Our leadership rejected the two-nation theory, believing this to be Gandhi's India. If today we start dividing states on religious lines, it would mean Jinnah's idea was right," Mehbooba Mufti said while addressing the media here.

She was responding to a question about the demands for a separate state for the Jammu region being raised by some right-wing leaders.

"The atmosphere that is being created in Jammu would mean that they negate the decision of the J&K to align with India by rejecting Jinna...