Ladakh unrest: Leh erupts in protest, stones hurled at BJP office over statehood demand

LEH: Protests rocked Leh portion of Ladakh Union Territory connected Wednesday arsenic agitators pelted stones astatine the BJP bureau and clashed with police.A constabulary van was acceptable ablaze during the chaos, marking a crisp escalation successful the agitation that has been gaining momentum implicit the past weeks.The protestation telephone was fixed by the younker helping of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to explicit solidarity with environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been connected a hunger onslaught for the past 14 days demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule presumption for the Union Territory.

On September 20, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had announced the resumption of talks with Ladakhi leadership, with the adjacent circular scheduled for October 6.The location ministry had earlier acceptable up a high-powered committee connected January 2, 2023, aft prolonged protests successful Ladakh, with governmental forces nether the LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status."Whatever is happening successful Leh is unfortunate. Ladakh, erstwhile peaceful, is present gripped by vexation & insecurity owed to Govt’s failed UT experiment. The onus lies connected the Govt—resume dialogue, enactment sensibly & fulfill Ladakh’s request for Statehood & Sixth Schedule without delay. Also I entreaty radical to stay peaceful and steadfast," Sajad Kargili, person of Kargil Democratic Front wrote connected XThe past circular of talks betwixt the committee and the associated enactment of LAB and KDA, some formed aft the abrogation of Article 370, was held connected May 27, starring to the instauration of a domicile argumentation successful Ladakh. Since then, nary talks person been held.