Congress raises 5 demands at PM Modi's all-party meet on J&K

The Congress party raised five demands during the all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, senior Congress leader and former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said these were:

1) Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir should be restored at the earliest.
"The prime minister and the home minister had promised in Parliament to restore J&K's statehood at the appropriate time. We told the government that now is the favourable situation for it," Azad said.

2) The Congress also demanded the central government to hold assembly elections in J&K at the earliest.

3) The Congress demanded that the Centre provide guarantee protection of domiciles on land rights and jobs in J&K.

4) The Congress also demanded that efforts must be made to ensure return of Kashmiri Pandits and their rehabilitation. "This is our moral responsibility," Azad added.

5) The Congress urged the government should release all social and political prisoners who were arrested/detained on or around August 5, 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated.