{"id":34945,"date":"2026-07-21T04:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=34945"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:49:12","slug":"hundreds-protest-in-delhi-demanding-statehood-for-iiojk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=34945","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds protest in Delhi demanding statehood for IIOJK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8220;This is only the beginning of our struggle for statehood and everything that was taken away from us,&#8221; says CM Abdullah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2026-07-20\/673984_9259306_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters hold placards during a protest against the Modi government in New Delhi on July 20, 2026. \u2014 X\/@OmarAbdullah\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters hold placards during a protest against the Modi government in New Delhi on July 20, 2026. \u2014 X\/@OmarAbdullah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CM Abdullah leads a protest in Delhi demanding IIOJK statehood.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Police stop protesters from staging a demonstration in Delhi.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BJP calls a protest bid to divert attention from governance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of people led by the chief minister of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) shouted slogans and staged a protest in the capital Delhi on Monday, demanding statehood for the region, seven years after it was turned into a federal territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Protesters were stopped by police from staging their demonstration, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in a post on X, which had videos and pictures of people holding posters and shouting slogans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is only the beginning of our struggle for statehood, our rights, our dignity and everything that was taken away from us,&#8221; Abdullah said in the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the occupied region&#8217;s partial autonomy, removed its statehood, and divided it into two federally controlled territories: Muslim-majority Kashmir with Hindu-dominated Jammu; and a Buddhist territory of Ladakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has since said statehood to the disputed Himalayan region will be restored at the &#8220;appropriate time,&#8221; but has not given a deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdullah and his party, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, have stated that statehood should be restored at the earliest, in line with the government&#8217;s promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modi&#8217;s Bharatiya Janata Party leaders say the protest is an attempt to divert attention from what they call the governance failures of Abdullah&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/673984-hundreds-protest-in-delhi-demanding-statehood-for-iiojk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/673984-hundreds-protest-in-delhi-demanding-statehood-for-iiojk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is only the beginning of our struggle for statehood and everything that was taken away from us,&#8221; 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