Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Kargil Alliance Backs March Marking Leh Protest Deaths
The Kargil Democratic Alliance supports a peaceful march in Ladakh.
The march will travel from Kargil to Leh.
It is planned to start on September 10.
The march remembers four civilians who died during a protest in Leh last year.
The organizers also want Ladakh to become a state.
They are asking for the protections of the Sixth Schedule.
The march is expected to finish in Leh on September 24.
People will hold a candlelight vigil there to remember those who died.
The Kargil Democratic Alliance backed a citizens’ march from Kargil to Leh.
The march, organized by the Socialist Party of India and other groups, is scheduled to begin September 10.
It will mark the first anniversary of the deaths of four civilians during a violent protest in Leh.
Organizers will renew demands for Ladakh statehood and inclusion under the Sixth Schedule.
A candlelight vigil is planned in Leh on September 24, when the march is scheduled to conclude.
- Who
- The Kargil Democratic Alliance, the Socialist Party of India, and other civil and political groups.
- What
- A citizens’ march and candlelight vigil marking the deaths of four civilians and renewing demands for Ladakh’s statehood and Sixth Schedule status.
- When
- The march is scheduled to begin September 10 and conclude with a vigil on September 24, the first anniversary of the deaths.
- Where
- The march will travel from Kargil to Leh, with the vigil in Leh.
- Why
- To commemorate the four civilians who died during a violent protest and press for what organizers describe as Ladakh’s constitutional, democratic, and legitimate rights.
- Organizing groups
- Socialist Party of India and several civil and political outfits
- Supporting group
- Kargil Democratic Alliance
- Route
- Kargil to Leh
- March start
- September 10
- March conclusion
- September 24 in Leh
- Deaths commemorated
- Four civilians
- Main demands
- Statehood for Ladakh and institution of the Sixth Schedule