Srinagar, Aug. 6 -- Amid the growing demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah today said he would personally raise the issue during a meeting of opposition leaders convened by a senior Congress leader.

The Opposition INDIA bloc, which includes the National Conference (NC) as a constituent, is scheduled to meet in New Delhi tomorrow.

". A Congress leader has called all Opposition leaders. I will raise this issue ( statehood restoration) there and hope that as they have stood with us before , they will stand with us in future also," Abdullah told reporters in south Kashmir.

He was responding to a question about Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's letter to the major politica...