Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday began a hunger strike in Srinagar to press for the restoration of statehood.
Speaking at the launch of the protest at the Party's Srinagar office, Karra said the Government of India had downgraded Jammu and Kashmir to a Union Territory on August 5, 2019, after splitting it into two parts, and had assured on several occasions, both inside and outside Parliament, that statehood would be restored soon.
"It has been nine to ten months since the elections, but no steps have been taken. Their intentions seem doubtful and their words are different from their actions," Karra alleged, adding that the JKPCC had been holding programmes acros...