Srinagar, Aug. 10 -- Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday said that the Congress party began a 10-day hunger strike in Srinagar, demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.

The senior Congress leader Pawan Khera emphasised that the agitation was part of a larger movement to stand up for the people of the Union Territory.

"This hunger strike is a series and will continue for 10 days. Our colleagues from J&K had come to Jantar Mantar (Delhi) before this but the police did not allow them to move. There was heavy rainfall, but they still reached there. Their struggle is for the public of J&K, their rights were snatched away brutally. It is essential to restore those rights. We had promised this in our manifesto during elections... We are fi...