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New Delhi: A joint fact-finding report by Indian rights organisations has endorsed the demands of protesting Ladakhis, warning that unchecked exploitation and demographic changes threaten the distinct identity and fragile ecology of the Ladakh region of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the report titled \u201cUnderstanding Ladakh\u201d was recently released in New Delhi by a delegation from the Socialist Party (India), the National Alliance of People\u2019s Movements, and Hum Bharat Ke Log, which visited Ladakh from September 10\u201314. It described the Ladakhis\u2019 demands as \u201cjust, necessary, constitutionally sound, and profoundly urgent.\u201d<\/p>\n
It said the four core demands \u2014 Sixth Schedule protection, statehood, a separate Public Service Commission, and two Lok Sabha seats for Leh and Kargil \u2014 are \u201cnon-negotiable pillars for Ladakh\u2019s future as a distinct cultural and ecological entity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report noted that the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A had opened the floodgates for \u201crampant exploitation\u201d of Ladakh\u2019s natural resources and for demographic engineering through administrative restructuring and industrial projects.<\/p>\n
It cited growing alarm over the Indian government\u2019s recent announcement of five new districts in Ladakh and upcoming solar and mining projects in Changthang, warning these moves could trigger \u201cdemographic flooding\u201d and \u201ccultural genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ladakhi leaders told the delegation that Article 370 had served as a vital safeguard for their land, jobs, and identity \u2014 a protection now lost. The report also condemned the September 24 Leh firing as \u201cextremely unfortunate,\u201d because the Ladakhis\u2019 protests were peaceful. \u201cOver the last four years, the people of Ladakh have been raising their demands peacefully,\u201d it maintained.<\/p>\n
Sajjad Kargili, a member of the KDA who was also present at the press conference, said that Ladakh was being treated no differently from Manipur. Citing a media report, he pointed out that unemployment in Ladakh had risen by 28 percent, reflecting not just an economic crisis but a deep sense of frustration and betrayal among the people. \u201cThis figure represents more than unemployment \u2014 it reflects the growing trust deficit between Ladakh and the Indian government,\u201d Kargili said. \u201cThis system of the government to teach nationalism through guns is deeply unfortunate and condemnable. We will, however, continue to raise our voices peacefully.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: A joint fact-finding report by Indian rights organisations has endorsed the demands of protesting Ladakhis, warning that unchecked exploitation and demographic changes threaten the distinct identity and fragile ecology of the Ladakh region of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the report titled \u201cUnderstanding Ladakh\u201d was recently released …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t