July 21, 2025: On Sunday, a protest march in Jammu that was calling for Jammu and Kashmir to be granted statehood saw the detention of a number of Congress workers and leaders.
This was the second day in a row that Congress rallies under the banner "Hamari Riyasat, Hamara Haq" were stopped by the police. A similar Congress leadership protest march was stopped in Srinagar on Saturday. At the Congress headquarters in Jammu's Shaheedi Chowk, hundreds of activists gathered, led by senior leader Tariq Hameed Karra and party general secretary GA Mir. Heavy police barricades prevented the protesters from making their planned march to the Raj Bhawan to deliver a memorandum to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Mir was one of the detained people. “By this action, the authorities have shown their frustration and their mentality of not believing in democratic principles or respecting the people's voice,” Karra stated in condemning the police action. We were not in the streets to cause trouble; rather, we were there to peacefully deliver a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the Lieutenant Governor that emphasized the people's demand for statehood. He asserted that such actions would not deter the Congress party. “The Congress will not be cowed down by these tactics but will further strengthen its resolve to fight for people’s rights,” Karra said.

Karra added, "Our party will go ahead with the ‘Delhi Chalo’ programme on Monday to gherao Parliament on the first day of the Monsoon Session, despite the police action in Srinagar and Jammu." We will try to surround Parliament in an effort to wake up this blind, deaf, and insensitive government, demanding Jammu and Kashmir's statehood immediately. In addition, he asserted, the entire INDIA bloc supports this demand in unison. GA Mir, the general secretary of the Congress, stated, "This was a promise made by the Prime Minister. Statehood has not been restored ten months after the Lok Sabha elections. Modi ought to keep his word.