New Delhi, June 5 -- There are whispers in corridors of power that if things work out according to plans, there could be a Chief Minister from Jammu region for the first time in trouble-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Predictably, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti have said forced delimitation is an obvious attempt to inflict another emotional partition of the state.

The newly-installed Modi government's reported move for carrying out a 'delimitation exercise' for assembly segments in Jammu and Kashmir could 'increase' the number of elected legislators in the Assembly from Dogra Hindu dominated Jammu region and such a step has endorsement from RSS and BJP.

The 2011 census had revealed that the total p...