Delegation From Ladakh Calls On Union Minister Nityanand Rai

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New Delhi, Dec 4: A delegation from the Union Territory of Ladakh met Union minister Nityanand Rai on Monday and mentioned with him their main calls for, together with statehood for the high-altitude area and bringing the realm below the Sixth Schedule of the Structure, sources stated.
The 14-member delegation, together with representatives of the Leh Apex Physique (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), pressed for his or her four-point calls for earlier than Rai and sought an early decision of their points.
The calls for are statehood for Ladakh, two Lok Sabha seats (one for Kargil and one for Leh), job alternatives for the residents of the Union Territory and constitutional safety below the Sixth Schedule.
Rai, the minister of state for dwelling, requested the delegation members to submit an in depth checklist with their calls for and warranted them that the Centre will look into the problems and take applicable choices, the sources stated.
The delegation members expressed optimism over the deliberations.
A number of organisations of Ladakh had been demanding a separate Union Territory for the area for many years and the demand was fulfilled on August 5, 2019 with the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The KDA and the LAB, within the latest previous, protested at totally different areas, together with New Delhi, Jammu and Ladakh, highlighting the 4 calls for.
The delegation had its final assembly with a high-powered committee of the Centre in June.