The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) on Saturday said that the region is gearing up for agitation in support of their demands for Statehood and Constitutional safeguards among others from June 1 if their issues are not addressed till then.
Both the bodies from Leh and Kargil districts are expected to meet together next week to draw the final course of agitation for their demands.
A news report by Daily Excelsior quoted an unnamed official as saying that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs hasn’t extended any invite to the LAB or KDA for talks on the demands raised by them in August last year before visiting Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai though the latter’s promise that they would be formally called for dialogue in New Delhi together.
The LAB leaders were reported to have spoken to the KDA leadership and the two organizations have agreed to meet next week to work out schedule of agitation.
“The agitation calendar will be joint and unanimous,” they said, adding they proposed to start agitational programme with massive protests followed by bandh and some other forms of protest which will be discussed at the next week’s meeting.
It was on August 2, 2021 that the ideologically different representatives of Kargil and Leh districts joined hands to seek full-fledged Statehood along with Constitutional safeguards for the region.