Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 25: JKPCC Chief Tariq Hameed Karra today demanded a special session of J& K Assembly to discuss issue of delay in granting Statehood and devise common strategy to fight for its restoration at the earliest.
This was stated by him while talking to reporters at the Railway station here this evening soon after his arrival from New Delhi.
Karra said that we have been on the streets for over six months carrying the demand for restoration of Statehood to every nook and corner of the Jammu and Kashmir and slowly intensified it. We gave the call for Srinagar Chalo,then Jammu Chalo and then Delhi Chalo, continuously notifying it through media briefings appealing all political, social, trade and other organizations ,to support the struggle.
In reply to questions regarding the statement of some top NC leaders over the issue of statehood, Karra said Congress is in alliance with NC although not part of Government but it was an invitation to all including those who are not our allies to join the movement. NC is running the Government and adopting own modes to seek statehood. Rest the appropriate forum for discussing such sensitive issues is the coordination committee, for which we have been waiting for nine months, he quipped.
A large number of senior Congress leaders and activists arrived at the railway station and raised slogans in favour of Statehood and to extend full support to the PCC Chief to further spearhead the Statehood movement.
Prominent those present include AICC Secretary Shah Nawaz Chaudhary, Ravinder Sharma Chief Spokesperson,Former minister Yogesh Sawhney, Ved Mahajan, ex MLC, Th Balbir Singh ex MLA, Former Minister Yash Pal Kundal, Th Hari Singh Chib, Ayaz Chaudhary, IYC Secretary, Virinder Manhas, Sanjeev Panda, Neeraj Gupta, Rajiv Saraf, Vijay Shastri , Bharat Priye, Bilal Rashid, Adv Bhavishya Sudan, Jatin Raina ,Vijay Chaudhary Bawa, Rakesh Sharma, Latish Sharma, Mudassir, Anirudh Sawhney, Mandip Chaudhary & others.
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