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Trifurcate J&K, says RSS

KURUKSHETRA JUNE 30. Echoing the views of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today demanded the division of Jammu and Kashmir and said that the Ayodhya issue was a ``matter of faith'' and ``beyond the powers of the court.''

At the end of its two-day national executive here, the RSS adopted a resolution rejecting autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir, calling for holding the October elections to the State Assembly under President's rule and abrogation of Article 370.

The resolution took note of the ``blatantly discriminatory attitude'' of the National Conference Government towards the Jammu and Ladakh regions, the RSS chief spokesman, M. G. Vaidya, told a press conference. The ``consequent acute dissatisfaction'' among the people of the regions had led them to demand a separate state of Jammu and Union Territory status for Ladakh. ``The people of Jammu think that the solution to their problems lies in the separate statehood for Jammu region,'' the resolution said, adding that the RSS ``offers its support to the demand.''

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