Ladakh reps called for talks with MHA

IN a significant thaw after months of impasse, Ladakh's key agitators are set to resume talks with the Centre, with an eight-member delegation from the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), alongside MP Haji Haneefa Jan, scheduled to engage a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) subcommittee on October 22 in New Delhi.

- FAYAZ WANI @Srinagar

LAB co-chairman Chering Dorjay told this newspaper that the MHA has invited them for talks chaired by the Union Home Secretary. This marks the first direct engagement between Ladakh representatives and the Centre after the dialogue broke down following protests in Leh on September 24 demanding statehood and inclusion under the Sixth Schedule. The violence left four people dead and over 80 injured in police action.