Kharge, Rahul write to PM Modi; urge govt to bring legislation restore J-K statehood

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi- Photo Credit- ANI

New Delhi : Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday July 16, 2025 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press for a legislation in Parliament’s upcoming Monsoon session to grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

The leaders of opposition in the two houses of Parliament — Kharge is the LoP in the Rajya Sabha and Gandhi is the LoP in the Lok Sabha — also called on the government to bring a legislation to include the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.

In their joint letter to Modi, Kharge and Gandhi said that for the past five years, the people of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir have consistently called for the restoration of full statehood.

(Content Source -PTI )

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