Leh, Talks between the Union Home Ministry and Ladakh leaders ended without a breakthrough here, with the two sides expressing differences over a draft proposal on constitutional safeguards and a legislature for the Union territory.
He said the home ministry agreed to share the draft with the leadership of the KDA and the LAB, following which their legal experts would prepare a response and submit their draft by October 18.
KDA Co-chairman Asgar Karbalai said the Ladakh representatives submitted detailed, point-by-point replies to a questionnaire and subsequently presented an MoU, after which the home ministry shared its draft proposal. Former Leh Hill Council chief executive councillor Tashi Gyalson said the home ministry presented its proposal, while the LAB and KDA submitted a document containing several suggestions, which were discussed at the meeting. The meeting between a sub-committee of the home ministry and representatives of the LAB and KDA, which have been spearheading the agitation for constitutional safeguards and democratic rights for Ladakh, lasted nearly three hours at the Secretariat here on Thursday.
