Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- BJP leader Altaf Thakur on Thursday stated that the statehood in Jammu and Kashmir will be restored at an "appropriate time," when all the terror networks in the state are "destroyed."

Speaking to ANI, Thakur said, "BJP, the PM and the HM have said that statehood will be restored at the appropriate time... It seems that statehood will be granted once all the terror networks in the state are destroyed. Honourable Supreme Court has also given a time of 8 weeks to the Centre to assess the situation, after which the Centre will submit its answer."

Reacting to this, J-K Congress President Tariq Hameed Karra stated that the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to conduct elections in the Union Territory and restore state...