The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Additional General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Chowdry Muhammad Ramzan Wednesday raised concerns over the continued delay in restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, calling it a breach of democratic mandate and constitutional assurances. Speaking at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar, Chowdry Ramzan said the prolonged delay has effectively reduced the elected setup to a subordinate administrative arrangement undermining the political agency of the people who, he noted, turned out in large numbers in support of full fledged democracy. He said that if Jammu and Kashmir is truly to be treated “at par with other units of the Union then the continued downgrade of its political status is indefensible.