Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- The demand for the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is no longer just the National Conference's (NC) demand. While the INDIA block stands united on this, senior voices within the BJP also acknowledge that the time is ripe for J&K's statehood," Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan, Rajya Sabha MP and House Leader of the NC, told Hindustan Times in an interview. Edited excerpts:

Do you think your Parliament protest on August 5 will yield results, given CM Omar Abdullah's statement that Articles 370 and 35A won't return under BJP rule?

On Wednesday, we held a protest to mark August 5, 2019. On this day, our special status was abrogated along with our constitutional rights. Our state was downgraded to a union terr...