SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s prominent Buddhist leader Chering Dorje Lakruk has admitted that while residents of the region once resented Article 370, in hindsight, they now see it as a protective shield that kept their land and livelihoods secure for decades. In an interview with The Indian Express, Lakruk, who is co-chairman of the Apex Body, Leh (ABL) and also heads the Ladakh Buddhist Association, said the abrogation of Article 370 has left Ladakh “open for the entire country” without safeguards. Outsiders are buying land, big hotel chains are moving in, and locals, he warned, are fast losing out. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

“We used to curse Article 370 because it was an obstacle in our way to becoming a Union Territory,” Lakruk, a former minister in the erstwhil

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