New Delhi, Oct 13: Taking a swipe at the BJP, the Congress on Monday said Ladakh desperately awaits “a healing touch” from the nation and the leadership of a party that promised Sixth Schedule protection in its manifesto for the local hill council elections but is now refusing to fulfil that promise. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh made the assertion ahead of Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa’s visit to India. Congress general secretary in-charge communications, Ramesh, recalled the contribution of 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, a highly revered Buddhist monk and public figure of Ladakh who served for an unusual ten years as Ambassador to Mongolia. He also recalled that India played an important role in Mongolia’s joining the UN in October 1961 and the turning point in the relation

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