Days after all major political parties including the BJP announced their decision to boycott the upcoming elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Leh if their demands to include the newly created Union Territory in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution was not met, a delegation local political leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Saturday.
Mr. Shah, who had curtailed meetings with public representatives after he tested positive for COVID-19 infection on August 2, met the delegation led by former Rajya Sabha Member Skyabje Thiksey Khampo Rinpochey, the head of the Thiksay monastery in Ladakh, for 30 minutes on Saturday.
The delegation presented its demand to grant Sixth Schedule status to Ladakh to protect it from “outsiders.”
The Ministry tweeted, “Union Home Minister @AmitShah met with former MP Thupstan Chhewang, former MP Thiksay…