Srinagar, July 21 -- As the top leadership of the ruling-National Conference (NC) held protests at Jantar Mantar demanding statehood, the party workers staged similar protests at district headquarters across Jammu and Kashmir.

The biggest protest was held at Nawa-e-Subh, where hundreds of workers and leaders assembled and held a demonstration in support of statehood.

In Baramulla, the protestors holding placards and flags took out a march towards the deputy commissioner's office, raising slogans in favour of statehood. The protesting NC workers said that statehood is our right. "We waited for almost two years, now we will come onto the streets. This is our right that has been taken away from us," said the NC district president, Baramull...