Jammu Tawi, July 20 -- Dozens of Congress leaders and activists were detained on Sunday as police foiled their march to the Lok Bhavan in Jammu to submit a memorandum addressed to President Droupadi Murmu in support of the demand for immediate restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
The march led by Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra came a day ahead of the National Conference's proposed demonstration for restoration of statehood in Delhi.
Before the march, hundreds of Congress workers staged a peaceful sit-in at Maharaja Hari Singh Park in the heart of the city and raised slogans in support of the statehood demand.
Police barricaded the road at Jewel Chowk, stopping Congress workers from proceeding in a ...