New Delhi, July 16 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the government to bring forward legislation to grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.

"We urge upon the Government to bring forward legislation in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament to grant full statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir," read the letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the two Congress leaders.

The letter also noted that PM Modi had already reiterated the government's commitment to restoring thestatehood of Jammu and Kashmir on multiple occasions.

"Your good self has, on multiple...