Leh Apex Body (LAB) has announced that it will not negotiate with the High Planned Committee of Ministry of Home Affairs until the normal situation in Ladakh is restored. LAB President Thupastan Chhewang said on Monday (29 September 2025) that under the current circumstances, when people are facing difficulties and being tortured in Ladakh, it is impossible to interact with the Center.

‘No conversation in Ladakh until the situation becomes normal’

Announcing that Leh Apex will not negotiate with the High Planned Committee (HPC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs until peace and normal situation in the body sector. Thupstan Chhewang said that the members of the body will not attend the meeting to be held on 30 September and the main meeting with the Minister of State for Home to be held on 6 October.

He said, “We expected that Jammu and Kashmir would be partitioned and people would get justice after making Ladakh a union territory, but they made us union territories without any law. After this article was canceled, all that protected our rights and identity, all that was over.”

‘People of Ladakh are feeling danger’

He criticized the central government, saying that the people of Ladakh had constitutional guarantee and security through Article 370 and 35A under the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state, but now they are feeling in danger.

He said, “We had formed Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA0) for our rights to fight. We had to oppose. Initially the central government assured, but nothing happened later.”

Chevang alleged that the central government has been adopting a non-serious attitude towards their main demands, including the sixth schedule, state status, job and Lok Sabha seats, but now that the youth are in jails, they cannot sit and talk.

The chairman of Leh Apex Body said, “Force was used by the administration in which four people were killed. We are very sad, but still we are in touch with the center. We were planning to go to the meeting.” Chewang said that members of Apex Body, who are going to meet the officials of the Home Ministry tomorrow, are not going to Delhi. “

‘No conversation until peace is there’

He said, “We are keeping an eye on the situation right now, until peace is done here, we will not be part of any conversation. We hope that the Ministry of Home Affairs will take some steps to normalize the situation.” Chhewang said, “The situation is very bad.” He further said that while youth and political activists are being implicated in false cases, the situation in Ladakh remains so stressful, the tip of the gun cannot be interacted. “

Chhewang said, “We demand the release of all the prisoners, withdrawing the cases and the unique label and false propaganda that described the Ladaks as anti-nation.” He appealed to the Kargil Democratic Alliance to support the top body’s stance and boycott the conversation with the Center.

There was heavy violence in Leh on 24 September amid the demand to make Ladakh a separate state, after which activist and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA). Curfew continues in Leh on the third day after the violence and there is tension in Ladakh, but now there is peace.

After the arrest of Sonam Wangchuk, the authorities are apprehensive of protests in Ladakh. Wangchuk has been arrested under NSA and kept in Jodhpur Jail. At the same time, a new round of talks are expected between the representatives of Ladakh and the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi on 29 September.

Lab and KDA Dailing will be available from Home Ministry officials

A seven -member delegation of LAB and KDA will leave for Delhi to meet the officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs at 12 noon. Let us know that some members will come from Jammu and most of the members will come from Leh after holding SpiceJet’s flight. These members will meet at 11 am tomorrow at Ladakh Bhavan, Chanakyapuri.

40 police and CRPF jawans have been injured in violence

Earlier on Wednesday, protesters set fire to BJP office and government buildings in Leh. Police burnt the vehicles and attacked the security forces. 40 police and CRPF personnel are also among the injured. Strict prohibition has been implemented by the administration and people are being appealed to restore peace. Police and CRPF have a huge deployment in sensitive areas of the city.

Please tell that additional security forces have been deployed in areas where violence took place. The administration has held Sonam Wangchuk responsible for provoking violence, saying that her inflammatory statements provoked the youth. Internet speed in Leh has been slowed down.

The solution will be done through dialogue

The government has said that we are committed to constitutional security to fulfill the expectations of the people of Ladakh. It was also clarified that many important decisions have been taken through negotiations. In this, reservation of scheduled tribes was increased from 45 percent to 84 percent. One-third reservation for women has been ensured in the councils.

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