Amid the ongoing political heat in Parliament, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge held a detailed interaction with senior Congress leaders from Jammu and Kashmir at an auditorium in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Though the two top Congress leaders were initially scheduled to join a protest organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) at Jantar Mantar, demanding the immediate restoration of full statehood to the Union Territory, their plans were disrupted by uproar and continuous logjams in the Parliament.
Divulging details of the interaction to the news agency Kashmir News Trust, senior Congress leader and former JKPCC president Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge later met with the J&K Congress leadership in a closed-door session to reaffirm the party’s unwavering support for the statehood cause.
“Rahul Gandhi vehemently pitched for the restoration of full statehood and declared that the Congress will not rest until Jammu and Kashmir is granted its constitutional right,” said Mir. He further added that Gandhi assured the party’s UT leadership that the matter would be forcefully raised in Parliament and followed up persistently.
Kharge too reiterated the Congress party’s historic commitment to federalism, dignity, and democratic representation for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. [KNT]
