The BJP on April 23 dropped incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and nominated Tashi Gyalson, an advocate who heads the BJP-led Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Leh (LAHDC-Leh), as its candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat.
Mr. Gyalson is the best bet for the party given the anti-incumbency factor visible on the ground. Mr. Gyalson was elected as Chief Executive Councillor in 2020 after the BJP won a maximum number of 15 seats out of 26 seats in the LAHDC-Leh election in 2020.
Mr. Gyalson was also nominated as a member of a joint-sub-committee from Ladakh that is negotiating a settlement with the BJP-led Central government over the region’s several demands, including Statehood status and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule.
