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Taking a swipe astatine the BJP, the Congress connected Monday (October 13, 2025) said Ladakh desperately awaits "a healing touch" from the federation and the enactment of a enactment that promised Sixth Schedule extortion successful its manifesto for the section elevation assembly elections but is present refusing to fulfil that promise.
Congress person Jairam Ramesh made the assertion up of Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa's sojourn to India.
Congress wide caput in-charge communications, Mr. Ramesh, recalled the publication of 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, a highly revered Buddhist monk and nationalist fig of Ladakh who served for an antithetic 10 years arsenic Ambassador to Mongolia.
He besides recalled that India played an important relation successful Mongolia's joining the U.N. successful October 1961 and the turning constituent successful the narration was past Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's inspired assignment of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche successful October 1989 arsenic India's Ambassador to that country.
Mr. Ramesh noted that the Leh Airport was renamed aft the 19th Koshak Bakula Rinpoche by past Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who hailed him arsenic the "architect of modern Ladakh".
"The President of Mongolia arrives successful New Delhi contiguous accompanied by a high-powered delegation. Diplomatic relations betwixt India and Mongolia spell backmost to December 1955. India played an important relation successful Mongolia's joining the U.N. successful October 1961," Ramesh said connected X.
The turning constituent successful the narration was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's inspired assignment of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche successful October 1989 arsenic India's Ambassador to Mongolia, helium said.
"He took implicit successful January 1990. He was a highly revered Buddhist monk and nationalist fig of Ladakh and served for an antithetic 10 years arsenic Ambassador.
"He played a cardinal relation successful helping Mongolia rediscover and observe its Buddhist practice aft the illness of communism determination successful 1990 itself. He remains an iconic fig successful Mongolia," Mr. Ramesh said.
On June 10, 2005, the Leh Airport was renamed aft the 19th Koshak Bakula Rinpoche, helium said.
"The revival of Buddhism - not conscionable successful Mongolia and the erstwhile USSR - but besides successful India itself owes overmuch to him," helium said.
"The 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche's Ladakh present desperately awaits a healing interaction from the federation but astir of each by the enactment of a enactment that promised Sixth Schedule Constitutional extortion successful its manifesto for the section elevation assembly elections successful 2020 but is present arsenic the ruling enactment refusing to fulfil that promise," Ramesh said.
Leh was rocked by wide unit connected September 24 during an agitation spearheaded by LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) for statehood and hold of Sixth Schedule safeguards.
Opposition leaders person been vocal successful condemning the deaths during the protestation and the consequent apprehension of clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk nether the stringent National Security Act (NSA).
Mongolian President Khurelsukh volition undertake a four-day sojourn to India opening Monday to research ways to boost bilateral ties successful areas of energy, mining and defence.
Mr. Khurelsukh volition beryllium accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising furniture ministers, parliament members, elder officials and concern leaders, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
It volition beryllium Mr. Khurelsukh's archetypal sojourn to India arsenic the President.
The Mongolian person volition clasp talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reappraisal the full gamut of bilateral relations, the Ministry said.
President Droupadi Murmu volition besides conscionable the visiting person and big a banquet successful his honour.
The concern betwixt the 2 countries spans crossed sectors specified arsenic defence and security, energy, mining, accusation technology, education, healthcare and taste cooperation.
