Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- Karra and other senior leaders of the party, including AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir and party MLAs, joined the hunger strike.

A similar hunger strike will be observed in Jammu on Sunday.

The hunger strike is part of the party's campaign 'hamari riyasat, hamara haq' to press for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which was downgraded and bifurcated into two Union territories - J&K and Ladakh - on August 5, 2019, by the Centre.

The Centre also abrogated Articles 370 and 35A that day.

Speaking to reporters, Karra said the party has launched a "struggle to awaken the blind, deaf and dumb government in Delhi".

"We selected this day as it is the day when the 'Quit India Movement' was launched....