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Advani rejects J&K trifurcation proposal

"So far as the Centre is concerned, we are strongly opposed to any proposal for trifurcation. It is a remedy which is worse than the disease," Advani said in New Delhi.

"I do not regard this (trifurcation) as a solution. We would like the entity of J&K to remain as it is today," he asserted.

Referring to his meeting with leaders of the RSS-backed J&K Nationalist Front, he said he told the delegation that if they had 'any problem of discrimination or neglect by the state government these should be dealt with independently'.

The Front leaders, who met Advani and also Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman, had demanded trifurcation of the border state with statehood to Jammu and Union Territory status for Ladakh.

They had claimed that their 'identity and aspirations were being sacrificed' and alleged discrimination against them.

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