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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nSRINAGAR: Politics is heating up in J&K ahead of NC\u2019s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20 over restoration of statehood, with Congress Friday announcing it would join the sit-in.BJP has planned a gherao of the secretariat in Srinagar on the same day to protest the NC govt\u2019s \u201ccorruption, arbitrary governance, and policies that undermine democratic institutions\u201d.\u201cWe have to go there and make our voices heard,\u201d said Congress\u2019s GA Mir, adding that the protest would be held even if permission was denied. \u201cDelhi does not belong to anyone. We will enter from anywhere,\u201d he added.Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone, however, questioned the timing and motive behind the protest. \u201cMajor political decisions in a democracy require consensus, not unilateral calls to the street,\u201d he said, insisting that the NC govt should instead call a special assembly session, pass a resolution on statehood, and then send an all-party delegation to the PM, before taking the protest route.Lone alleged the protest might not really be about statehood at all but about quietly burying the demand for Articles 370 and 35A.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n