Govt must fulfill legitimate aspirations of Ladakh people at earliest: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the distress and anguish of the people of Ladakh must awaken the government’s conscience, not just for even more talks but for actually fulfilling their legitimate aspirations in full measure at the very earliest.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the opposition party’s assertion comes after protests for statehood turned violent on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and 90 others injured.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on X said six years ago, the people of Ladakh had great expectations when the Union Territory of Ladakh was created but there has been massive disappointment and disenchantment.
He said the people of Ladakh have seen their land and employment rights under severe threat, adding they have also seen the local administration and elected bodies taken over by the LG and the bureaucracy.
The people have seen only meetings after meetings on their legitimate demands for protection under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and for an elected legislature, he said.
Ramesh also said that there was “great uncertainty” caused by China’s unilateral abrogation of the status quo on the Line of Actual Control and the “PM’s June 19, 2020, clean chit to China.”
At least 50 people have been detained, so far, in connection with the violence that broke out on Wednesday during the shutdown called by Leh Apex Body (LAB) to demand an extension of the Sixth Schedule and statehood for Ladakh.
