Jammu, July 16 -- Even as the Congress has decided to participate in the National Conference's proposed Jantar Mantar protest in New Delhi on July 20, the party will first organise a major rally in Jammu on July 19 to press for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood.
Under its "Hamari Riyasat, Hamara Haq" campaign, the Congress will stage a dharna at Maharaja Hari Singh Park before taking out a march towards Raj Bhawan, where party leaders will submit a memorandum addressed to the President of India through Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, demanding the restoration of statehood. According to sources within the Congress, the July 19 programme is aimed at demonstrating the party's independent political strength on the statehood iss...