STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Members of the National Conference (NC) on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Assembly complex, demanding the restoration of statehood.
Ahead of the start of the Assembly session, the NC MLAs were seen carrying placards reading “Restore statehood and Constitutional guarantees.”
They raised slogans demanding the restoration of statehood and the protection of Kashmiris outside the Union Territory.
“We are sitting on a dharna in support of the demand for restoration of statehood,” minister Satish Sharma told reporters here.
NC MLA Tanvir Sadiq said all NC members were participating in the protest.
“This was promised to us… It is now time to restore it,” he told reporters.