{"id":199103,"date":"2026-04-27T12:06:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=199103"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:06:55","slug":"congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html","title":{"rendered":"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Monday held a protest demonstration, followed by a sit-in at Vikram Chowk Jammu, under the \u201cHamari Riyasat Hamara Haq\u201d campaign, demanding the restoration of statehood to the territory.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was led by Congress Jammu president Yogesh Sawhney and organized by Block president Ajay Kumar Kaka. A large number of Congress workers and supporters participated, raising slogans and holding placards.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the occasion, Sawhney said the restoration of statehood is a matter of constitutional and democratic rights of the people. He said the people have been deprived of their elected government for years, leading to alienation and administrative disconnect. \u201cStatehood is essential for ensuring accountability, strengthening governance, and restoring the democratic voice of the people,\u201d Sawhney said, adding that repeated assurances without action have deepened public frustration. He said the Congress party will intensify its agitation until statehood is fully restored.<\/p>\n

Senior leaders including Gurdarshan Singh, Raj Kumar Mehra, Vijay Singh Chib, and others were also present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Monday held a protest demonstration, followed by a sit-in at Vikram Chowk Jammu, under the \u201cHamari Riyasat Hamara Haq\u201d campaign, demanding the restoration of statehood to the territory. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was led by Congress Jammu president Yogesh Sawhney and organized …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-protests-activities"],"yoast_head":"\nCongress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood > Kashmir Media Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood > Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Monday held a protest demonstration, followed by a sit-in at Vikram Chowk Jammu, under the \u201cHamari Riyasat Hamara Haq\u201d campaign, demanding the restoration of statehood to the territory. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was led by Congress Jammu president Yogesh Sawhney and organized …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T07:06:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/cong-jam.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"721\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"webadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"webadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"webadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab\"},\"headline\":\"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T07:06:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/cong-jam.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Protests\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\",\"name\":\"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood > Kashmir Media Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/cong-jam.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T07:06:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/cong-jam.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/cong-jam.jpg\",\"width\":721,\"height\":483},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/27\\\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kashmir Media Service\",\"description\":\"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab\",\"name\":\"webadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"webadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/author\\\/webadmin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood > Kashmir Media Service","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood > Kashmir Media Service","og_description":"Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Monday held a protest demonstration, followed by a sit-in at Vikram Chowk Jammu, under the \u201cHamari Riyasat Hamara Haq\u201d campaign, demanding the restoration of statehood to the territory. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was led by Congress Jammu president Yogesh Sawhney and organized …","og_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html","og_site_name":"Kashmir Media Service","article_published_time":"2026-04-27T07:06:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":721,"height":483,"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/cong-jam.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"webadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"webadmin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html"},"author":{"name":"webadmin","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab"},"headline":"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood","datePublished":"2026-04-27T07:06:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html"},"wordCount":181,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/cong-jam.jpg","articleSection":["Protests"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html","name":"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood > Kashmir Media Service","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/cong-jam.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-27T07:06:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/cong-jam.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/cong-jam.jpg","width":721,"height":483},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/27\/congress-stages-protest-sit-in-seeks-restoration-of-statehood.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Congress stages protest sit-in, seeks restoration of statehood"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/","name":"Kashmir Media Service","description":"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab","name":"webadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"webadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/author\/webadmin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199103","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=199103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199104,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199103\/revisions\/199104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}