Leh- Ahead of their next round of talks with the High Powered Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ladakh representatives have submitted a draft proposal to the ministry seeking statehood and Sixth Schedule status for the Union Territory.

The 29-page document, submitted to the home ministry on Monday, has also demanded general amnesty for climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and others who were taken into custody following September 24 violence in Leh town.

The document has been jointly prepared by the leaders of Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA).

On October 17, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had announced a judicial inquiry commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge into the violent clashes that left four persons dead and scores of others injured, t

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