Jammu Tawi, July 10 -- The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Wednesday said it will intensify the statehood restoration movement ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament that is set to start from July 21.

At a meeting of party coordinators for different districts of the Jammu region, the Congress' Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra alleged that people were being denied their legitimate demand of statehood restoration "without any justified reason".

"The people of Jammu and Kashmir are suffering due to the double control system. The time has come to fulfil the promises made (by the Centre) on the floor of Parliament and before the Supreme Court," he said.

Karra also asked party colleagues to go to the people and "aw...