New Delhi, July 16 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the government to bring forward legislation to grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the upcoming Monson Session of Parliament.

"We urge upon the Government to bring forward legislation in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament to grant full statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir," Rahul Gandhi wrote to the Prime Minister.

Rahul Gandhi also noted that PM Modi had already reiterated the government's commitment to restoring statehood on multiple occasions.

"Your good self has, on multiple occasions, personally reiterated the government's commitment to restoring statehood...