, March 5 -- SRINAGAR: Congress chief whip and MLA Bandipora Nizamuddin Bhat on Wednesday urged the government to form a house panel of all parties that would follow the issue of statehood restoration with the Central government.

Speaking in the Assembly on the issue of statehood restoration, the senior Congress leader, as per KNO said that there should be no delay in following up the matter with the Central government as delay is doing more harm than any good.

He said that for this it is imperative for the house to form a committee, which would follow up the statehood matter with the Central government and the national parties of the country.

"There are two options for us, either we go to the government or we go to the people of India...