Kathua

Democratic Azad Party chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday reiterated the demand for the restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year.

The former Congress Rajya Sabha MP while addressing a public rally in Kathua launched three main agendas of his outfit. "We have three main agendas, first to restore statehood, second to reserve the rights of purchasing lands for J&K people only, and third to reserve jobs rights only for local youth."

Earlier, Azad, in his first public meeting in Jammu after quitting Congress, had announced to launch of his own political outfit that will focus on the restoration of full statehood.

Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from Congress in August 26 after being part of the outfit for 52 years.

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In his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi, he had targeted party leadership, particularly Rahul Gandhi, over the way the party has been run in the past nearly nine years.