SEPT 26: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh severely reprimaded the Central Government for holding situation in Ladakh.
Ramesh said, “Six years ago, the people of Ladakh had great expectations when the Union Territory of Ladakh was created. But there has been massive disappointment and disenchantment as they have seen:
1. Their land and employment rights under severe threat
2. The local administration and elected bodies taken over by the LG and the bureaucracy
3. Only meetings after meetings on their legitimate demands for protectìon under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and for an elected legislature
4. Great uncertainty caused by China’s unilateral abrogation of the status quo on the Line of Actual Control and the PM’s June 19, 2020, clean chit to China.”
Congress stalwart added, “Ladakh is of profound cultural, economic, ecological, and strategic importance to India. The people of Ladakh have, at all times, been proud Indians to their very core.”
Jairam Ramesh added, “People of Ladakh’s distress and anguish must awaken the Government of India’s conscience – not just for even more talks but for actually fulfilling their legitimate aspirations in FULL measure at the very earliest.”
