SRINAGAR: The Union Home Ministry has called a meeting of leaders of Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) in New Delhi on December 4 to attend a meeting chaired by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai.
The meeting scheduled to be held on December 4 will be open for discussion on any subject, The Excelsior reported.
Seven members from LAB who will attend the meeting include Thupstan Chhewang, ex-MP and president of Ladakh Buddhist Association, Chhering Dorjey Lakrook, former Cabinet Minister in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Government, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Congress president for Ladakh and ex-Cabinet Minister J&K, Tsering Wangdus, president, Ladakh Gonpa Association, Ashraf Ali Barcha, president, Anjuman Imamia Leh, Abdul Qayoom, president, Anjuman Moin-ul-Islam-Leh and Padma Stanzin, president Student Union-LEAF.
From KDA Qamar Ali Akhoon, Asgar Ali Karbalaie, and Sajjad Kargili will attend the meeting.
Pertinently, four-point agenda of the LAB and KDA include constitutional safeguards under Sixth Schedule, Statehood for Ladakh, two Lok Sabha seats-one each for Leh and Kargil- and job opportunities for the locals. They have also demanded constitution of the Public Service Commission (PSC) for Ladakh but said if it can not be constituted, Ladakh should be included in the PSC of Jammu and Kashmir on the pattern of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
