Jammu, July 29 -- Following successful conduct of 'Delhi chalo' programme, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to go full throttle to press the BJP government for restoring statehood to the region.

JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra, on Monday, announced a fresh schedule of protests, hunger strike and outreach programmes to intensify the statehood movement of the party.

Addressing a press conference here, Karra disclosed that the party shall hold peaceful protest dharna at Jammu, Srinagar and all districts of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, the sixth anniversary of the downgrading of the state.

On August 5, 2019, BJP government at the Centre revoked Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two UTs--Ladakh without legislature and...