Jammu, May 24 -- Following Union ministry of home affair's "in principle understanding" with two civil society groups on constitutional safeguards and restoration of democratic rights in Ladakh, the National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress have accused the BJP-led Centre of deliberately dragging the long-pending restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

On August 5, 2019, the parliament had revoked Article 370 that guaranteed special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two UTs-J&K with legislature and Ladakh without legislature.

Nearly six years down the line, the Centre on Friday, during a meeting of the Ladakh bodies and high-powered committee, agreed on restoring...