Srinagar, July 20 -- Police foiled the protest march by J&K Congress leadership, for statehood, at Srinagar on Saturday. The Congress leadership were planning to hold a rally from its party headquarters to the office of Kashmir divisional commissioner.

The police didn't allow leaders to leave the party headquarters at MA road towards the divisional commissioner office. The rally was led by Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra and several party legislators.

Carrying placards and banners, the workers were shouting slogans about the statehood restoration. Even many Congress leaders were stopped on way to party headquarters at various places outside the city. A video of legislator Irfan Hafeez Lone went viral on social media in which he al...