Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Kargil decries unfair treatment, 'bias' as govt decides to shift Ladakh's administrative unit to Leh
5 years, 5 months ago

Podcast; Voices from the lockdown: Kargil decries unfair treatment, 'bias' as govt decides to shift Ladakh's administrative unit to Leh

Firstpost  

As per this order, the headquarters of the Ladakh Affairs Department has been shifted from Kargil to Leh district As Kashmir entered the 76th day of lockdown after government’s 5 August decision to repeal the state’s special powers, postpaid mobile services have been restored affecting 66 lakh of 90 lakh mobile subscribers in Valley. As per this order, the headquarters of the Ladakh Affairs Department, which will oversee the operationalisation of the Union Territory Secretariat, has been shifted to Leh district. In this episode of Firstpost podcast Voices from the lockdown — an attempt to bring to the fore voices unheard due to severe State clampdown — we focus our attention to the unheard section of the soon-to-be Union Territory Leh Ladakh’s only Muslim-majority area Kargil. Kargilli, who also contested as an Independent candidate from Ladakh in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, reveals that this move has angered the leaders and the people of Kargil, who have always maintained that they’ve been unfairly treated when compared to the Leh District.

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