Cong to launch ‘Chalo Delhi’ campaign with statehood restoration demand on July 21
Jammu, Jul 17 (PTI) The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit has announced a series of protests, including the ‘Chalo Delhi’ campaign, from this week and has plans to “symbolically gherao” Parliament as part of its intensified push for statehood restoration.
The party claimed on Thursday that it was “impossible” to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood without its intervention, which has the support of 233 INDIA bloc members.
“The Jammu and Kashmir Congress has decided that it will hold a protest in Kashmir on July 19 and in Jammu on July 20 so that our message on statehood reaches the government. After that, we have the ‘Chalo Delhi Chalo’ campaign on July 21,” its chief, Tariq Hameed Karra, told reporters here.
He further said that under the ‘Delhi Chalo’ campaign, workers from every block and district of Jammu and Kashmir will leave for Delhi on July 21 under the leadership of the Congress. Once in the national capital, they and the INDIA bloc leaders would raise the issue.
The month-long Monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 21.
“Our effort will be to hold protests in front of Parliament and gherao it symbolically. The goal is to raise our voice in Delhi so that it reaches all members of Parliament, among whom 233 are members of the INDIA bloc supporting our cause. This is a significant step,” Karra said.
