Jammu, July 19 -- Uncertainty prevails over the next round of talks between the agitating Ladakhi groups and the High-Powered Committee (HPC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), as the proposed meeting scheduled for July 20 has not yet materialized.
Although renowned environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk suspended his planned 35-day hunger strike last week after
assurances that the talks would be held on July 20, no formal invitation has yet been extended to Ladakhi leaders by the MHA.
On July 12, Chering Dorje Lakrook-President of the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), Co-Chairman of the Leh Apex Body, and a former minister-had announced that Sonam Wangchuk deferred his fast following a proposal from the Centre to advance the next round of...