Modi Govt Wants To End Kashmir Dominance Over Jammu With New Administrative Division theprint.in

Having scrapped the contentious Article 370 and downgraded J&K state by dividing it into two Union territories, the Modi government is now planning to further erode Kashmir’s hegemony over the Jammu region by carving out a new administrative division from existing regions in the union territory.

Highly-placed sources in the J&K administration told ThePrint that consultations to create a new division comprising at least three districts from Jammu division and three from Kashmir — all part of or surrounding the Pir-Panjal region — are at a very advanced stage and a formal announcement may happen in late December or early next year.