Jammu, Oct. 17 -- A day after the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) sub-committee's draft proposal was rejected by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), the two civil society groups claimed on Friday that MHA officials had presented an "archaic governance model" on the lines of North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), and wanted to make Ladakh an agency like NEFA, which is a status lower than the existing hill development council. At a press conference jointly addressed by LAB and KDA leaders Chering Dorjay Lakrook, Sonam Wangchuk, Asghar Karbalai and others, the leaders accused the Centre of backtracking from unanimously agreed upon in principle the minutes of the its May 22 meeting that were further reiterated at September 9 meeting. "At yesterday's subcommittee meeting in Leh, the MHA officials not only backtracked from minutes of the May 22 meeting but also tried to impose the NEFA type model upon us that existed 70 years ago. They tried to promote the name of the Ladakh Agency," said Asghar Karbalai, the co-chairman of the KDA.He said that Thursday's meeting was attended by the chief secretary Ashish Kundra, additional secretary MHA and other officials. Karbalai said that under the NEFA type agency, all powers vested with the President and LG under Article 240. "A parallel body headed by LG, CS followed by administrative set up down the line and a body lower than existing hill council is what they presented to us at the meeting on Thursday, which we reject outrightly. We are not satisfied with their draft," he alleged. Karbalai dubbed the draft a total u-turn from May 22 minutes of the meeting and called it a "betrayal" with the people of Ladakh. Lakrook recollected that the Centre had agreed upon in principle a fully empowered legislature, an executive with CM with his cabinet having executive and financial powers....