Dehradun, May 9 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 8 May: Former chairman of the Uttarakhand Rajya Andolankari Kalyan Parishad and Pradesh Congress vice-president Dhirendra Pratap today addressed a press conference at the Congress office, and recalled that the Uttarakhand statehood movement was not merely a demand for a geographical entity but a struggle for the identity of the hills, the future of youth, the sacrifices of women and the collective aspirations of the people. He reminded that many activists had laid down their lives, thousands endured jail terms and years of struggle eventually realised the dream of a separate Uttarakhand.

Pratap alleged that the BJP Government has ignored the core vision of statehood, which was rooted in h...