Ladakh bodies ask protesters to raise only approved slogans, not to cover face

SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) issued a acceptable of guidelines for protesters connected Sunday, connected the eve of a protestation urging the Centre to resume dialog connected the request for statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion nether Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.The organisations person asked participants of the protestation connected Monday to instrumentality lone to approved slogans and not to disguise their faces. LAB said it has not called for a marketplace shutdown. However, shopkeepers who privation to voluntarily adjacent their shops and articulation the march are escaped to bash so.On Friday, the UT medication appealed to LAB to reconsider the projected March 16 procession, saying it remained committed to dialogue. The govt said the tourer play is astir to statesman and specified a protestation could make a antagonistic content astir the concern successful the region.

The past dialog betwixt Ladakhi representatives and Union location ministry’s high-powered committee was held connected Feb 4.The UT medication is wary of specified protests arsenic past twelvemonth connected Sept 24, constabulary opened occurrence connected protesters, sidesplitting 4 and injuring implicit 80 successful Leh.After the Centre ordered an enquiry into the Sept 24 constabulary firing, MHA sheet and Ladakhi representatives held the archetypal circular of talks successful New Delhi connected Oct 22 past year.