The Leh Apex Body (LAB), an amalgam of social, political and religious groups spearheading an agitation over Statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh, on Monday submitted a 29-page draft proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and sough release of detained Ladakh locals, including climate activist Sonam Wangchuk .

“We have submitted a 29-page draft proposal to the MHA. We have highlighted the demands of Statehood and Sixth Schedule,” Chering Dorjay Lakruk, Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) president and co-chairman of the LAB, said.

He said the draft proposal also demanded a general amnesty for those who were arrested or face cases after the September 24 violence in Leh. “In our country, people involved in riots or who picked up arms have been granted a general amnesty. W

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