India, March 3 -- Langate Awami Itehad Party (AIP) legislator Sheikh Khursheed Ahmad held a protest in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly premises to demand the restoration of statehood and justice for the families of two persons killed in Kathua and Sopore recently.

Amid rain, Ahmad sat in the assembly premises in Jammu carrying a banner and demanding a judicial probe into the two civilian deaths.

He attempted to enter the Central Hall and display the banner during lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha's address on the opening day of the budget session but was prevented from doing so. "I raised the demand for justice for the families of Waseem Mir and Makhan Din. The police and government are still silent on the matter. Nothing has been done. Ev...