New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday accused the Centre of keeping Ladakh "deprived of democracy" and treating it as a "controversial area" by keeping it a Union Territory without a legislature.

The statements came after a Union home ministry meeting scheduled for Thursday with Ladakh leaders in the national capital did not take place. Wangchuk said the cancellation, with no reason given, had prompted the region's leadership to consider taking its case to the United Nations.

"We were told with complete determination that we will meet in Delhi on the 22nd of October," Wangchuk told the media in New Delhi. "We made our plans and bought our tickets. Today I am here, and the meeting is not happening. The country should ...