Kargil and Leh Leaders Unite Against Hill Development Council Elections

Representatives of the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) will go to Leh on Friday. There they will meet with the leaders of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to coordinate their opposition to the Hill Development Council elections to be held on December 4. Addressing a press conference in Kargil today (November 12), the KDA said that both the groups are demanding to postpone the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections to April or May 2027. But the Lieutenant Governor (LG) -led administration is adamant on its stand. These elections are yet to be held on December 4. KDA members will go to Sajjad Kargil and hold the next round of talks with the LAB there. The purpose is to decide the further strategy and make a joint plan to convince the LAB. The leaders of the KDA and LAB held a press conference in Leh on Wednesday. They criticized the decision of the administration, for which the Union Home Minister, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the Union Home Minister, without consulting the local people.