Jammu, Mar 8 (PTI) The Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) on Tuesday said it will contest the next Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on the main poll plank of a "separate Jammu state".

The decision was taken at a day-long meeting of the party chaired by its president and former minister Choudhary Lal Singh here, the DSSP said in a statement.

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"The whole of Jammu is passing through a very critical phase and people are all simmering to bring about a drastic change," the DSSP founder claimed.

He said they all are ready to go to any extent to make Jammu a separate state and the DSSP is committed to take it to a logical conclusion.

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The central government has announced holding of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the completion of the delimitation exercise in the union territory.

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