 SRINAGAR, India AP - Half a dozen political parties vowed Saturday to fight for restoration of the special status that was stripped last year from Indian-administered Kashmir, setting off widespread anger and economic ruin amid a harsh security clampdown. Four pro-India Kashmiri political parties and two Indian political parties, including the main opposition Congress Party, said in a joint statement that Indias move unrecognizably changed the relationship between the region and New Delhi. It called the changes spitefully shortsighted and unconstitutional and sought to collectively fight them. We want to assure the people that all our political activities will be subservient to the sacred goal of reverting to the status of JK as it existed on 4th August 2019, the statement said. On Aug. 5, 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis government passed legislation in Parliament that stripped Jammu and Kashmirs statehood, scrapped its separate constitution and removed inherited protections on land and jobs. The region was also split into two federal territories - Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir. Indian authorities detained and arrested thousands of young people as well as pro-freedom Kashmir leaders and pro-India politicians. Since then, the Indian government has imposed overarching restrictions, ranging from curfews to communication blackouts, and enacted new laws that have created a climate of fear. As most of the pro-India leaders in recent months were released from detention and some restrictions removed, the politicians began consultations to chalk out their political strategy. The statement, signatories of which include Indian Parliament member Farooq Abdullah, who also heads Kashmirs oldest pro-India political party, and... 