Srinagar, Sept. 22 -- Ahead of Leh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) polls, BJP is under fire for failing to include Ladakh in the sixth schedule of the constitution.
The 26-member LAHDC is going to polls on October 16. The sixth schedule of the Indian constitution guarantees land and job rights to the locals of the tribal areas. This schedule is already being implemented in many north-eastern states including Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, and Mizoram.
Resentment is brewing among locals against the Centre for not extending the sixth schedule to Ladakh.
Leading the campaign is former Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC Rigzin Spalbar. He has called for boycotting the LAHDC polls to protest against the Centre.
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