The Congress leaders are opposing the new administrative units on the ground that the move is politically motivated as Abdullah's National Conference wants to gain mileage by setting up such units whereas in the Jammu region the Congress would lose ground because of the move.
Insiders in the Congress told IANS that Abdullah's threats to resign is "political posturing since the cabinet meeting to discuss the report by the sub-committee is likely to be held before the prime minister's visit to Jammu on Feb 3".
"The chief minister knows the Congress cannot afford to trigger a crisis around the prime minister's visit and thereby ensure that the Congress falls in line with National Conference's plans to push the creation of new administrative units."
