As the contest for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Ladakh has turned triangular, top Buddhist leaders in Leh are trying hard to conciliate the BJP and Congress candidates to prevent the division of votes of the community.
BJP’s Ladakh candidate Tashi Gyalson, Phunchok Stanzin, President Ladakh BJP, Tashi Gyaltsan Kachu, District President and Gorjay Angchuk, election committee incharge were also present in the meeting.
The refusal to grant the Sixth Schedule status to Ladakh has annoyed the majority of Buddhists in Leh and Shia Muslims in Kargil, leading to growing discontent with the BJP government.
The climate activist has given the call for the march to LAC to draw the attention of the people to the plight of the Pashmina goat herders of the eastern frontier region of Changthang.
A meeting was held to discuss strategy to tackle the challenge of glacial lake outbursts in Ladakh and a comprehensive roadmap aimed at bolstering emergency response mechanisms was charted out by the stakeholders.
The Congress leader claimed that China has occupied 2,000 sq km of Indian territory.
A large number of men and women cheered and raised slogans as a girl child offered juice to Wangchuk as a mark of breaking the fast in the freezing temperatures. He thanked more than 60,000 people for their support to the genuine cause.
In a statement, Tarigami said while a faction of society in Leh was demanding Union Territory status for Ladakh and celebrated it later, but now they have acknowledged the drawbacks and were expressing a preference for Constitutional guarantees for their empowerment.
The weather department has predicted snowfall and rain in the two UTs between 18 to 20 February.
Protestors raised slogans in support of their 4-point charter of demands, statehood for the UT, Constitutional safeguards under the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh, guarantees for job reservation for locals and separate Lok Sabha seats for the two districts.
