Srinagar, July 19 -- Following the JK Peoples Conference (JKPC) analogy, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) laid down its condition to join the protest scheduled by the National Conference in Delhi on July 20 - asserting restoration of Article 370, release of political prisoners and lifting the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami should also be included in the agenda.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said that after discussing the issue, the party does not seem it fit to join the protest exclusively for the demand of statehood.

"After careful consideration and deliberations with my senior colleagues, I have come to the conclusion that it would not be fit for us to participate in a protest whose raison d'etre is solely and exclusively the...