Jammu Tawi, Feb. 12 -- Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Wednesday announced a 15-day long campaign to press for restoration of statehood to the Union Territory.
He said the campaign will be launched from Udhampur district on February 13 as the "BJP has so far failed to keep its statehood restoration promise and we have doubts on their intentions".
Karra, who is also an MLA, said there is a strange dilemma prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir where people are gradually developing cynicism after participating in the democratic exercise in large numbers with a hope to get their day-to-day issues addressed.
"The demand for restoration of statehood is a key issue before and after the assembly elect...