Jammu, May 15 -- The Congress on Thursday moved a no-confidence motion against the incumbent chairman-cum-chief executive councillor (CEC), Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil (LAHDC-K), Mohammad Jaffer Akhoon from the National Conference (NC). The move comes after the NC leader refused to step down to transfer power to the Congress under a power-sharing pact.

Under the 2023 agreement, NC and Congress had agreed upon a rotational power shift for a period of two and a half years each. The NC completed its term on April 18. Akhoon was elected as chairman-cum-CEC on October 18, 2023. However, Akhoon refused to give up the chair, citing the "welfare" of the Kargili people and the "extraordinary" situation in Ladakh even as NC p...