India, July 10 -- The ruling National Conference on Thursday said the party has invited Kashmir's chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to join its protest in New Delhi to press for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

Mirwaiz has been invited in his capacity as the head of the Muthaida Majlis-e-Ulema, an umbrella organisation of several religious outfits.

The party has also invited the Grand Mufti of Kashmir, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam.

"Apart from the political parties, the National Conference has invited Mirwaiz sahab, who is chief of the Muthaida Majlis-e-Ulema, and Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, the Grand Mufti of Kashmir," said the party's chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq.

He said the National Conference has invited all political par...