Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the government to grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Kharge is also the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha.

"We urge the Government to bring forward legislation in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament to grant full statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, we request that the Government bring forward legislation to include the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution," the letter reads.

In their letter to PM Modi, Kharge and Rahul said that for the past five years, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have consistently called for the restoration of full statehood.

This demand is both legitimate and firmly grounded in their constitutional and democratic rights, they said.