New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on July 11 said it was not taking any initiative in forming a new political front in Jammu and Kashmir but would back any alternative outfit supporting statehood for Jammu.

"The RSS is not taking any initiative in forming another front. We will, however, support any Constitutional activity that aims at separate statehood for Jammu," RSS spokesman M G Vaidya said.

He said an effort was on to have a wider front and the Jammu and Kashmir Nationalist Front (JKNF) was taking the lead in it and having talks with different political parties and social organisations.

The picture of the new front including its name and leadership "will become clear in a week's time", he said.

Meanwhile, sources in the pro-RSS JKNF said besides the Panthers Party and Akali Dal, the Bahujan Samaj Party and some Gujjar organisations have also evinced interest in joining the new front.

The Jammu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was also in favour of joining the front but the party high command has serious reservations over the move.

Alleging discrimination by successive regimes in Srinagar against Jammu and Ladakh, the RSS at its recently-concluded national executive in Kurukshetra had demanded the trifurcation of the state with statehood for Jammu and Union Territory status for Ladakh.

PTI