Congress will ensure J-K gets back status of full-fledged state: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said his party guarantees the rights of Jammu and Kashmir and will ensure it gets back the status of a full-fledged state.

Tagging screenshots of the seven guarantees promised by the Congress ahead of the assembly elections, Kharge said in a post on X that the party would "give new energy to the youth" by filling one lakh government jobs.

"The Congress guarantees the rights of Jammu and Kashmir. We will get J&K the status of a full-fledged state," he said in his post in Hindi.

Kharge also highlighted the party's promise of free treatment of Rs 25 lakh for every family and a super-specialty hospital in every district. He said this will create a healthy society.

"Dr Manmohan Singh's plan for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits will be expanded. Constitution-based rights of OBC class will be secured," Kharge said.

Woman heads of families will get financial protection of Rs 3,000 every month, he said. Kharge also highlighted the ...