Civil society leaders from Ladakh raised the issues of disempowerment of local people, trust deficit in the name of development, reservation for local people in jobs, electoral representation, and tribal status for the Union Territory at the first structured meeting, at least since 2020, with officials from the Union Home Ministry on Monday.
A 14-member delegation comprising members from the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) met Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai and Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla in Delhi for an hour and a half.
The Ministry asked the leaders to submit their demands in writing and assured them of frequent meetings to resolve the issues, while the members called for a time frame for when the demands would be met, said members who attended the meeting.
