Jammu Tawi, March 3 -- Sunil Dimple, president of the Mission Statehood Jammu and Kashmir, along with hundreds of people from all religions and traders, staged a strong protest and dharna on Janipur High Court Road on the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly session. The protest called for the early restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's Dogra state, a debate on Article 370 in the Assembly, and the passing of a bill to ban the sale of liquor, particularly in Jammu, Katra, and other temple towns.

Addressing the protesters, Dimple demanded that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly bring forth their respective party bills to ban the sale of liquor in Jammu City, Katra, and Kashmir. He al...