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Despite the announcement of the agitational programme by Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, the Union Home Ministry has invited agitating groups of Ladakh for the second round of talks.
Protestors raised slogans in support of their 4-point charter of demands, statehood for the UT, Constitutional safeguards under the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh, guarantees for job reservation for locals and separate Lok Sabha seats for the two districts.
Hundreds gathered at the streets in Kargil and Leh in freezing temperatures to press for the demands.
After months of deliberation over the members, the committee had held its first meeting on December 4 under the chairmanship of MoS Home Nityanand Rai.
After they met with the Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on December 4, leaders of the agitating Ladakh groups submitted a draft of their demands to the Union Government on January 22.