{"id":168968,"date":"2025-02-13T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T04:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=168968"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T04:58:52","slug":"iiojk-congress-launches-campaign-for-statehood-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/02\/13\/iiojk-congress-launches-campaign-for-statehood-restoration.html","title":{"rendered":"IIOJK Congress launches campaign for statehood restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-168969\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/download-1-3.jpg 334w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/download-1-3-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/>Jammu: The Indian National Congress chapter in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has announced a 15-day long campaign to press for restoration of statehood to the territory, stating that New Delhi has failed to fulfill its promises.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to reporters in Jammu, IIOJK Congress chapter president Tariq Hameed Karra said the campaign, titled \u201cOur State, Our Right\u201d, will be launched from Udhampur from Thursday (today).<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the BJP for delaying statehood restoration despite repeated assurances, stating, \u201cWe reminded the Indian Prime Minister and Home Minister of their commitments, but their cold attitude raises doubts about their intentions.\u201d He stressed that the demand for restoration of statehood was a key issue, adding, \u201cWe want our right to statehood to be restored as soon as possible\u201d. He said the BJP leadership is answerable for the delay in restoration of the statehood.<\/p>\n<p>Karra said there is a strange dilemma prevailing in IIOJK where people are gradually developing cynicism after participating in the democratic exercise with a hope to get their day-to-day issues addressed.<br \/>\nHe also highlighted public frustration over governance failures, including issues related to electricity, ration, roads, and water supply. \u201cThe dual power structure in J&amp;K has only added to the confusion. People feel their vote has not benefited them, and the delay in restoring statehood is compounding their concerns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the recent killing of two Indian army personnel, including a captain, in an IED blast in Akhnoor, Jammu, he said, \u201cSuch incidents expose the government\u2019s tall claims that everything is fine in J&amp;K\u201d. The Congress leader also demanded a judicial probe into the recent custodial killing of a civilian in Kathua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: The Indian National Congress chapter in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has announced a 15-day long campaign to press for restoration of statehood to the territory, stating that New Delhi has failed to fulfill its promises. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to reporters in Jammu, IIOJK Congress chapter president Tariq Hameed Karra &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-168968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/download-1-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}