Weeks after the Union Territory of Ladakh was created in August 2019, three Ministries of the Union government gave a green light to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to recommend Ladakh’s inclusion as a tribal area under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, according to minutes of an NCST meeting held on September 11, 2019, seen by The Hindu .

On Wednesday (September 24, 2025), protests in Leh town of Ladakh for Statehood and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule turned violent, leading to four deaths. The Union Home Ministry has accused climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been the face of the protests in Ladakh, of allegedly “instigating” the violence.

Six years ago, weeks after the Union government bifurcated the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir into two U

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