{"id":202054,"date":"2026-06-02T10:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=202054"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:28:45","slug":"leh-apex-body-refuses-to-sign-tempered-agreement-with-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/06\/02\/leh-apex-body-refuses-to-sign-tempered-agreement-with-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Leh Apex Body refuses to sign tempered agreement with India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202055 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/APEX-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/APEX-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/APEX-1-390x186.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leh,: The Leh Apex Body (LAB), civil society coalition representing the people of Leh district in Ladakh, has refused to sign the minutes of its May 22 meeting with India\u2019s Home Ministry, saying a key agreement on officers\u2019 appraisal reports was deliberately omitted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, LAB co-chairman Chering Dorjay Lakruk said the document dropped a point agreed in New Delhi that Annual Performance Appraisal Reports of officers up to Chief Secretary level would be written by the elected body of Ladakh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not sign because one of the key points discussed was missing. The proposal came from New Delhi itself. The Indian Home Ministry should not alter or omit any point agreed upon,\u201d Lakruk told media.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) announced an \u201cin-principle\u201d understanding with the BJP-led Indian government on restoring democracy, statehood and constitutional safeguards for Ladakh on lines of Articles 371A, 371F and 371G applicable in Nagaland, Sikkim and Mizoram.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed framework, legislative, executive and financial powers would vest in an elected Ladakh-level legislature, with all bureaucrats, including the Chief Secretary, functioning under the elected government.<\/p>\n<p>The LAB said India must not tamper with agreed terms as Ladakh leaders await formal implementation of the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leh,: The Leh Apex Body (LAB), civil society coalition representing the people of Leh district in Ladakh, has refused to sign the minutes of its May 22 meeting with India\u2019s Home Ministry, saying a key agreement on officers\u2019 appraisal reports was deliberately omitted. According to Kashmir Media Service, LAB co-chairman Chering Dorjay Lakruk said the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/APEX-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202060,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202054\/revisions\/202060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}