# Congress demands immediate restoration of Jammu and Kashmir statehood 2026-08-06T06:16:28+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk The Congress on Wednesday called for the immediate and unconditional restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, along with complete constitutional authority for the Union Territory's elected government, National Herald reported. The demand fell on the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. Congress general secretary Syed Naseer Hussain said the government had justified the 2019 move as a transitional four-stage plan, reorganisation, delimitation, elections and restoration of statehood, and that while the first three stages were done, neither the prime minister nor the home minister had named a date or introduced legislation for the final step despite repeated assurances since then. Hussain accused the Lieutenant Governor of continuing to exercise overriding authority over key matters even as the elected government functions with limited powers, calling it a calculated inversion of federalism. Congress MPs staged a march in Parliament on Wednesday pressing the same demands, plus safeguards for residents' land and job rights. No government response featured in the report. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Hussain's account of the four-stage roadmap and the absence of a named timeline for the final step is a specific, checkable claim rather than a vague grievance, which gives the demand more weight than typical political rhetoric. It remains, however, one party's characterisation of the situation, and the government's absence from this report means its side, on both the roadmap and the Lieutenant Governor's powers, is not represented. A timeline from the Centre would answer the demand Hussain says has gone unanswered for seven years. ## Coverage - www.nationalheraldindia.com Tags: Indian National Congress, Jammu and Kashmir Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/congress-demands-immediate-restoration-of-full-statehood-to-jk/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/congress-demands-immediate-restoration-of-full-statehood-to-jk/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.