Srinagar: The deadly turn of Ladakh’s statehood agitation has complicated New Delhi’s post-2019 experiment in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, raising fresh questions about whether the anger in Leh could ripple into the valley, where statehood remains a simmering demand.

Four people were killed and dozens injured when protests demanding Sixth Schedule protections and statehood for the Union Territory of Ladakh, which was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, spiralled into violence on Wednesday.

The unrest has since triggered a political storm in Kashmir, with both mainstream and separatist voices framing it as evidence of the Centre’s failure to win trust since the scrapping of Article 370.

Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah was quick t

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