Won't give up on statehood, Sixth Schedule demand: Ladakh bodies
Srinagar, April 16 -- The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) on Wednesday said they won't give up on their statehood and the Sixth Schedule demand.
A meeting in this regard was held between the Ladakh bodies and Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) on February 4. It, however, remained inconclusive.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, lieutenant governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena met the Ladakh bodies during his visit to Kargil.
KDA co-chairman Asgar Karbalia said the LAB and KDA have already given a four-point agenda to the Centre and high-powered committee designated by the MHA.
"There hasn't been any breakthrough on our two major demands, statehood and the Sixth Schedule. After the February 4 meeting, we were assured of another meeting within the 10-15 days. However, there has been no response from the Centre as yet."
Karbalia, who was flanked by other KDA members, said the lieutenant governor visited Kargil and held meetings with members and elders of different groups and bodies.
"The KDA core committee members also met LG Saxena. We made it clear in the meeting that neither the LAB nor the KDA are going to drop its main demands of statehood and the Sixth Schedule," he said.
"In our recent meeting with the LG, we made it clear that we are not going to give up our two demands of statehood and Sixth Schedule and have straightaway rejected empowerment of any council or Committee," he further added.
In a post on social networking site X, on Monday, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk had urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for timely resolution of the issue. The UT of Ladakh was created on August 5, 2019, after abrogation of Article 370. Protests have rocked Ladakh since then, with echoes in Delhi...
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