India, Sept. 29 -- The capital of the union territory of Ladakh, Leh remained under curfew as of Monday, September 29, while activist Sonam Wangchuk, the face of the protest that turned violent on September 24, is now jailed in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

After nearly four months of stalled talks, the Centre had on September 20 extended an invitation to the LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA). The talks were scheduled for October 6. But the protesters said they had not been consulted while setting the date almost two weeks on when their activists were already on hunger strike.

"After a long struggle of 70 years, the Centre granted Union Territory status to Ladakh without a legislature (in August 2019), but it was not as per our expectation...