{"id":179541,"date":"2025-07-21T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=179541"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:43:00","slug":"congress-leaders-arrested-during-our-state-our-right-march-in-jammu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/07\/21\/congress-leaders-arrested-during-our-state-our-right-march-in-jammu.html","title":{"rendered":"Congress leaders arrested during \u2018Our State, Our Right\u2019 march in Jammu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179544\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/07\/cong-jammu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jammu: Indian police detained several senior Congress leaders, including Congress IIOJK president Tariq Hameed Karra and secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, during a peaceful march in Jammu demanding the restoration of statehood to Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the march, held under the banner \u201cHamari Riyasat Hamara Haq\u201d (Our State, Our Right), was part of the Congress\u2019s mobilisation ahead of the Monsoon Session of Indian Parliament. As the procession began near the party\u2019s Shaheedi Chowk headquarters, a heavy deployment of police blocked the leaders, briefly scuffled with them, and forcibly detained them as they attempted to march towards the Raj Bhavan.<\/p>\n<p>The detained leaders were taken to the district police lines and later released. This marks the second such crackdown in two days, following a similar protest blocked in Srinagar on Saturday, where Congress leaders claimed their office was sealed to prevent mobilisation.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the clampdown an \u201cundeclared emergency,\u201d Karra condemned the administration\u2019s actions, stating, \u201cWe came with a memorandum, not with unrest. But the protest site was turned into a fortress. Is this the new normal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congress MLA Iftkhar Ahmed from Rajouri was allegedly manhandled by police, prompting the party to demand an investigation. Congress MP K.C. Venugopal publicly questioned the Modi government\u2019s sincerity over its statehood promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: Indian police detained several senior Congress leaders, including Congress IIOJK president Tariq Hameed Karra and secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, during a peaceful march in Jammu demanding the restoration of statehood to Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 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