The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has invited representatives from Ladakh, including members of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), for discussions on October 22 to deliberate on the demands for inclusion under the Sixth Schedule and statehood for the Union Territory.

A sub-committee comprising six Ladakh leaders—three each from Leh and Kargil—along with the Member of Parliament from Ladakh, has been invited for the talks.

The invitation comes two days after the MHA announced a judicial probe into the September 24 violence in which four people were killed in Leh district when security forces opened fire on demonstrators.

Leh Apex Body co-chairman and a member of the sub-committee Cherring Dorjay Lakruk confirmed to The Tribune that the group has been calle

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