New Delhi, Sep 30: Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) on Tuesday said it will not participate in talks with the Centre till climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and others arrested in Leh are released and a judicial probe into the firing is ordered.

Addressing a press conference here, KDA co-chairman Asgar Ali Karbalai also demanded a judicial inquiry into the firing by the security forces during a shutdown in Leh on September 24.

KDA is a body of leaders from Kargil – one of the two districts in Ladakh – which, along with Apex Body Leh, is in negotiations with the Centre for statehood for the Union Territory “We are constantly in touch with Apex Body Leh … We will not participate in the talks with the Centre till Sonam Wangchuk is released, arrests are stopped, those arrested are released, and

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