The Congress on Saturday (October 18, 2025) resumed a district-wise chain hunger strike in Jammu and Kashmir over the demand for restoration of Statehood.
“The Congress will press for the demand of Statehood restoration. We demand that the Centre should respect the aspirations of people of J&K. People are feeling neglected in absence of Statehood, as their rights have been denied and compromised. We will not rest till the Statehood is restored,” J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra said.
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As part of the protest programme titled, ‘Hamari Riyasat Hamara Haq’ (Statehood is our right), senior Congress leaders, including former Minister Taj Mohi Ud Din, joined the hunger strike of District Congress Committee, Baramulla, observed at the party headquarters in Srinagar.
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