Lolab May 17 (KNS), May 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday presided over a day-long political convention in the border area of Lolab, asserting that the Congress party played a key role in the development of border residents without any discrimination.

Addressing party workers, Karra slammed the Centre for what he called an "assault on public rights" and an "unjustified delay" in restoring full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. He alleged the BJP-led government's approach towards J&K was "insensitive and unresponsive".

"The Centre's decision to unilaterally degrade the erstwhile J&K state and divide it into two Union Territories shows the BJP government's desperation to demean...