Jammu: Congress workers detained amid march for statehood

Congress protest in Jammu. PIC/PTI

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Tariq Hameed Karra was among scores of workers and activists detained on Sunday by police during their march for statehood here. This was the second time in as many days that police did not allow Congress to hold a rally, held under the banner ‘Hamari Riyasat Hamara Haq'.

On Saturday, a Congress rally was stopped by police in Srinagar. Hundreds of Congress workers led by Karra and party general secretary G A Mir assembled at party headquarters at Shaheedi Chowk in the heart of Jammu.

They were to march to Raj Bhawan to submit a memorandum to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, but were thwarted by police barricades. Mir was also among the detainees.

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