Amid the ongoing movement demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Monday submitted a 29-page draft to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The document includes the demand for general amnesty for those arrested after the violence and the release of activist Sonam Wangchuk. A general amnesty is a government act of pardoning a large group of people who have committed specific offenses, often political ones.

Leh Apex Body leaders holding a press conference

The leaders clearly articulated their demands.

LAB Co-Chairman and President of Ladakh Buddhist Association, Chering Dorjey Lakruk, said that the draft clearly states the demands for granting statehood to Ladakh and including it in the Sixth Schedule.

He added that a demand for genera

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