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Ladakh offered sui generis model, not statehood
The Indian Express··11 Sept
Ladakh Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra said the proposed UT plan will be neither statehood nor a legislature UT. He said a sui generis model needing a constitutional amendment and Parliament's approval is being crafted. The Centre has offered protections via a proposed Article 371(K). Kargil Democratic Alliance and Leh Apex Body representatives said they were not satisfied after Wednesday's talks.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Ladakh residents seeking statehood or a legislature UT do not get either under the model described on Thursday.
- Any final safeguard package would need a two-thirds parliamentary majority before it becomes constitutional text.
- The next sub-committee meeting in October is the next formal chance to lock principles before legal drafting.
What's Happening
- Ashish Kundra said Ladakh's proposed model is neither statehood nor a UT with a legislature.
- He said the arrangement needs a constitutional amendment and Parliament's approval.
- The Centre offered a proposed Article 371(K) after Wednesday's sub-committee talks.
What Article 371(K) Would Change
- Sixth Schedule protections were a long-standing demand after Ladakh became a Union Territory.
- Kundra said Article 371 safeguards would be "cast in stone" once embedded.
- Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance said they had hoped to see a draft after a four-month gap.
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