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The Ladakh medication connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) erected barricades, imposed restrictions, and restrained the question of members of the Leh Apex Body (LAB), thwarting a scheduled “peaceful march” held to explicit solidarity with the deaths that occurred during the September 24 protests.
Meanwhile, hundreds of locals held a protestation march successful Kargil successful spite of the restrictions imposed nether Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
“Barricades were acceptable up successful the greeting connected 1 broadside of my residence, and constabulary deployment connected the other. The Leh administration’s determination to enforce restrictions was amerciable and unfortunate,” Chering Dorjay Lakruk, president of the Ladakh Buddhist Association president, and co-chairperson of the Ladakh Apex Body, said.
The Ladakh medication connected Friday evening announced the reimposition of prohibitory restrictions nether Section 163, banning the assembly of much than 4 persons, “following reports of imaginable threats to nationalist bid and order in the area”. The administration’s determination came aft the Ladakh Apex Body, spearheading the agitation implicit demands of Statehood and inclusion successful the the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, had called for a “peaceful march” and a blackout successful the evening successful Leh “to explicit solidarity with the 4 locals who were killed successful the September 24 unit successful Leh”.
“We had called for a peaceful march. It was not allowed. However, members of the Ladakh Apex Body did a symbolic march up to the Shanti Stupa from Leh. No locals could articulation it because of restrictions,” Mr. Lakruk said.
The Ladakh Apex Body expressed definite concerns implicit the Judicial Commission constituted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), headed by erstwhile Supreme Court Justice (retd.) B. S. Chauhan.
“We invited the judicial inquiry. However, we fearfulness the First Information Report fig 144 mentioned successful it is aimed astatine the protesters. Moreover, determination is nary subordinate from Ladakh successful the Judicial Commission. The lack of a Ladakhi subordinate volition not instil the aforesaid confidence. There should beryllium Ladakhi members successful the Commission for a just and transparent inquiry,” the Ladakh Apex Body person said.
Mr. Lakruk said the Ladakh Apex Body was acceptable for “meaningful talks” with the Centre connected the demands pertaining to Statehood and inclusion successful the Sixth Schedule.
Kargil march
Meanwhile, successful Kargil town, hundreds of locals and members of the Kargil Democratic Alliance, an amalgam of spiritual and governmental organisations, held a peaceful “silent march” successful Kargil territory and different parts, which see Drass, Sankoo, Tai Suru, Shargole, and Zanskar. Protesters, carrying placards, were seen wearing achromatic bands and masking their mouths with achromatic cloth.
“We’ve been made voiceless, and ideology is being denied. We volition support raising our dependable for Statehood and [inclusion successful the] Sixth Schedule, and ne'er hide the brutal onslaught successful Leh, and arrests of activists, including Sonam Wangchuk,” Sajjad Kargili, a subordinate of the Kargil Democratic Alliance, said.
Mr. Kargili demanded a time-bound judicial enquiry into the September 24 incident, and compensation for the deceased and injured. “We besides request the contiguous merchandise of each detainees, including Mr. Wangchuk,” Mr. Kargili said.
Ladakh witnessed convulsive thoroughfare protests connected September 24 implicit the demands of Statehood, and inclusion successful the Sixth Schedule. Activists, including Mr. Wangchuk, who was connected a hunger onslaught since September 10, were detained connected September 26, 2 days aft the unit near 4 civilians dead. Ladakh was made a Union Territory successful 2019, and since then, section bodies person been demanding Statehood, the inclusion of Ladakh successful the Sixth Schedule list, an further Lok Sabha seat, and a Public Service Commission.
