Jammu Tawi, April 18 -- Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Friday renewed his party's demand for immediate restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have not set a firm timeline for its implementation.
Accusing the BJP of engaging in "vindictive politics" aimed at targeting and defaming the Gandhi family and the Congress, Hussain said they will not be cowed down by it.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had announced when statehood would be restored. Why then they are not restoring the statehood when newly elected government is in place now?" he asked.
Hussain said the Congress intends to write directly to the prime minister to pr...