Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Home Ministry, Ladakh Representatives Set October 15 Talks Agenda
The Home Ministry is due to meet representatives from Ladakh on October 15.
They will discuss how Ladakh might be governed.
One idea is a new elected body for the whole Union Territory.
The ministry wants the representatives to explain what the body should be called and what powers it should have.
They are also being asked how it would work with the existing district councils.
Ladakh's representatives have asked for a directly elected body with constitutional powers.
Their wider demands also include statehood, protections under the Constitution, jobs for local young people, and separate parliamentary constituencies for the region's two parts.
The Centre has offered to consider a new constitutional provision for Ladakh.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Ladakh representatives are scheduled to meet on October 15.
The discussions are expected to address a proposed elected, UT-level governance body with executive and financial powers.
The MHA has asked representatives to consider the body's name, composition, powers and relationship with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils.
The Centre has offered to introduce an additional constitutional provision, Article 371(K), for Ladakh.
The Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance have called for a directly elected, constitutionally empowered UT-level legislature.
- Who
- The Ministry of Home Affairs and representatives of the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance.
- What
- A round of talks on Ladakh's proposed governance arrangements and an elected Union Territory-level body.
- When
- October 15; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- The article does not specify the venue for the October 15 meeting.
- Why
- To discuss the form, composition and powers of a proposed UT-level governance body and its relationship with district councils.
MHA's questions
Representatives' demands
Design of UT-level governance
MHA's questions
The MHA has asked representatives to work out the proposed body's name, composition, powers and division of responsibilities with district councils.
Representatives' demands
The Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance have demanded a directly elected, constitutionally empowered UT-level legislature.
Constitutional arrangement
MHA's questions
The Centre has offered an additional constitutional provision for Ladakh, while the MHA has asked whether the proposed model requires a legal opinion.
Representatives' demands
The representatives' stated wider agenda includes statehood and safeguards under the Constitution's Sixth Schedule.
- Next meeting
- Scheduled for October 15.
- Previous meeting
- The last round of talks was held in Delhi on September 9.
- MHA request
- Representatives were asked to consider seven key issues concerning a proposed UT-level body.
- Proposed body
- A UT-level elected governance body with executive and financial powers.
- Existing councils
- The proposed body's relationship with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils is among the issues raised.
- Centre's offer
- The Centre offered to introduce an additional constitutional provision, Article 371(K), for Ladakh.
- Representatives' demands
- Their four-point agenda includes statehood, Sixth Schedule safeguards, job reservations for Ladakh's youth and separate parliamentary constituencies for the region's two parts.