New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday accused the Centre of keeping Ladakh "deprived of democracy" and terming it as a "controversial area" by holding it as a Union Territory without a legislature. The statements came after a Union home ministry meeting fixed for October 22 with Ladakh leaders in the capital did not take place. Wangchuk said the cancellation, with no reason given, has pushed 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 know how the hopes of Ladakh have been ruined again and again." The government has not publicly explained why the October 22 meeting was called off. HT reached out to the home ministry, but there was no response till the time of print....