BJP demands UT status
for Ladakh
JAMMU, Aug 1: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) today asserted for Union Territory (UT) status to Ladakh
region, alleging that the Ladakhis have suffered immensely under the oppressive
rule and domination by Kashmir dissentions and
want liberation from slave like situation. Former MP from Ladakh and BJP
leader, Thupstan Chhewng while addressing a press conference here today said,
“The people of Ladakh have been demanding separation from Jammu
and Kashmir by according Ladakh the status of a Union Territory
as we fulfill all the criteria and norms that are essential for an area to be
declared as a separate entity. The demand of the people of Ladakh is as older
than the demand by people of Telangana for separate statehood as it was made as
far back as 1947.”
The continuous neglect
of Ladakh by successive Governments in the State of Jammu and Kashmir has proved our
apprehension of discrimination and step motherly treatment, he added. Acting
president, Leh BJP, Ven Lobzang Nyantak, Councilor LAHDC-Leh said, “Ladakh
region is a victim of continuous neglect and discrimination at political and
administrative levels. Despite the formation of Ladakh Automous Hill
Development Councils both in Leh and Kargil districts, which constitute the
Ladakh region, we remain at the receiving end in the State. In reality we
continue to be governed through remote control from Srinagar by Kashmir Centric leadership. A UT
alone can save us from the present dispensation”.
State spokesperson,
BJP Youth wing, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal announced that on August 31, 2013,
under the leadership of Thupstan Chhewang we are going to demonstrate a public
protest in Leh to raise our demand of UT status to Ladakh region.
Mohd Hassan, BJP Block
president Chushot, said that the Muslim community of Ladakh fully supports the
demand and have full faith and confidence in the leadership spearheading demand
for UT status to Ladakh.
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