¼ÛT.¾.hÐGÅ.Gż.ºHá¼ü REG. No. JKENG/2013/55210 Rs. 15/- R EACH VOL. 8 ISSUE 18 PAGES 8 L ADAKH B ULLETIN October 1-15, 2020 Fortnightly Special Fortnightly Special Sixth schedule: Only constitutional safeguard for Ladakh 4 Fortnight Highlights 5 Find us on FACEBOOK: Reach Ladakh Follow us on twitter: ReachLadakhBulletin Visit our website: www.reachladakh.com Brief News Leh protests against BJP’s Ashok Kaul Apex body calls off election boycott after Home Minister’s assurance on safeguards for Ladakh th remarks on call to boycott Hill Council polls 6 LAHDC, Leh election: Model Apex Body of People’s Movement for Sixth Schedule seeks apology from Kaul BJP, Congress and AAP release candidates list for the 6th LAHDC, Leh, elections Code of Conduct comes into effect Leh: Election Authority for Elections to the 6th LAHDC/ District Magistrate, Leh Sachin Kumar Vaishya issued an order regarding enforcement of Model Code of Conduct on September 19. The order reads as; whereas consequent Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Krishan Reddy along with Arun Singh, BJP National Secretary upon the said notification, the Election and members of the Apex body during a joint press conference at Grand Dragon hotel, Leh. Authority for the 6th LAHDC, Leh, do hereby enforce the Model Code of Con- Stanzin Dasal Constitutional safeguard under the Sixth duct (MCC) immediately; and, therefore, schedule is very important and I don’t Leh: A union territory status without it is now mandatory for all political parties Students and youths of Leh district protesting against Ashok Kaul. think so common people of Kargil are legislature has left the region vulnerable as well as for the independent candidates not in favour of it.” to follow the MCC in letter and spirit till Stanzin Dasal Ashok Kaul termed the apex body res- making people demand including Lada- olution “bakwas”. In an interview with kh under the sixth schedule of the Indian “Kargil is also part of Ladakh and we un- the election process is over. Leh: Leh remained shut down for half- The Print he said, “This resolution Constitution. derstand that their support for the cause day to protest against the remarks made means nothing. Yeh Sab Bakwas hai. We of future Ladakh is equally important”, by the senior BJP leader Ashok Kaul on After a yearlong celebration for getting are going to Leh soon to talk to our peo- he added. the Apex body decision of boycotting DISCLAIMER ple and we will fix everything.” UT status, people from Leh are going Reach Ladakh does not take re- 6th LAHDC, Leh election on September through constant fear of losing their Sajjad Hussain, 2019 Lok Sabha election sponsibility for the contents of the 24. However, Ashok Kaul claimed that his identity, land, job, environment, and cul- contestant said, “From the very first day statement was exaggerated and printed ture. we were never in favour of bifurcation Advertisements Display/classified The Apex body of Peoples movement in a wrong manner. only, neither we supported UT demand. published in this newspaper. The for the sixth schedule for Ladakh unan- However, mixed responses are also there Today people from Leh are demanding paper does not endorse the same. imously resolved to boycott the ensuing “I have worked with all the leaders of regarding the needed safeguard as a the safeguard same as bestowed in Ar- Readers are requested to verify the 6th LAHDC, Leh election on September Ladakh and respect the aspiration and certain section of the Kargil district de- ticle 370 earlier. We demand the resto- contents on their own before acting 22. They said that the election will be demands of people. I always supported mands restoration of statehood, Article ration of statehood, Article 370, 35 A”. there upon. boycotted till such time the constitutional the demands of Ladakh and will contin- 370, and 35A. safeguard under the sixth schedule on the ue to do so. Saddened to see the state- “Before demanding anything from the Regarding Kargil's demand and support lines of the Bodo Territorial council is not ment being presented in a wrong manner region, consent of people from both the for the sixth schedule for Ladakh, Thup- extended to UT Ladakh and its people. and I express my regret”, he added. district is important”, he added. stan Chhewang, Former MP said, “ If The resolution to boycott the election The Print journalist, Azaan Javaid said J&K is granted statehood in the coming Amidst chaos and confusion, the deci- was also signed by the BJP district Pres- that there was no misinterpretation and days then we are also firm that Ladakh sion of the Apex body of Peoples move- ident, Nawang Samstan. stand by his story 100 percent. should also be granted statehood equally ment for the sixth schedule for Ladakh Courtesy Tsetan Angmo Courtesy Tsetan or UT with the legislature. 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C-78 Okhla Industrial Area Phase I. Twitter: ReachLadakhBulletin New Delhi, India 110020 2 | October 1-15, 2020 Fortnightly News Reach Ladakh Bulletin World Tourism Day: L-G Mathur flags off Ladakh Football Association formed to provide cleanliness drive in Leh opportunity for young players Stanzin Dasal Leh: Ladakh Football associ- ation established 20 football training centers and a total of 24 football clubs are registered with the association. This was shared during the first press conference convened by the Ladakfor Ladakh h Football association on September 26 at Members of Ladakh Football Association during the first press conference at Hotel Hotel Abduz. Abduz. Tashi Gyaltson, President Lada- groom and form a one or two established by the members who kh Football Association said that team of best players to partic- are connected with the game and the Ladakh Football Association ipate at different levels”, he in- are playing also. formed. is formed after the declaration of “The association aims to pro- Union Territory status to provide Ladakh Football Association vide a platform to many youths resources and opportunities for aims to elevate and promote who are interested in playing the young talented players of Lada- sports in Ladakh for social game at all levels”, he added. kh. Participants of cleanliness drive cleaning the stream at Karzoo, Leh. equality, empowerment, and in- Tsering Angmo, General Secre- clusiveness. The association has He said, “Earlier, young bud- tary, LFA informed that the reg- Stanzin Dasal organisations including ALTOA, the local citizens. He exhorted so far established 20 training ding players from Ladakh were istration of the Ladakh Football ALGHA, LMGA, participating to carry such cleanliness drives centers in both Leh and Kargil Leh: A cleanliness drive on neglected and not given equal Association is under process and Mohallas, and other volunteers beyond the urban locality and to district facilitating football train- World Tourism day was flagged opportunity in the erstwhile state it will soon be affiliated with the were present on the occasion. motivate the rural population to ing to all age groups and gen- off by Lieutenant Governor, R K of Jammu and Kashmir, but now All India Football Association. ensure cleanliness and hygiene ders. The training is imparted in Mathur on September 27 from Radha Krishna Mathur appreci- we have our own identity and at all levels. remote areas of Ladakh and aims Coaches Tsering Dorjay and Jig- Karzoo, Leh. ated the Ladakh Tourism Depart- can promote sports at all levels.” met Palmo(Tani); a representa- ment, Rural Development De- Various items for the cleanliness to reach 113 villages of Leh dis- The cleanliness campaign was “We have a good number of tive from Kargil, Sonam Spalbar partment, MC, Leh and Kargil, drive to the representatives of trict within 18 months and 130 carried out in different areas of young talented players and the also shared their experiences, and other bodies for their initia- different participating Mohallas villages of Kargil district in 2 Leh town. positive point is that the players scope, and potential in sports, tive to celebrate the World Tour- were distributed. years. from Ladakh have good stami- plans, and future of Ladakh Commissioner/ Secretary Tour- ism Day with a cleanliness drive. Tsewang Dorjey, Vice President, Kunzes Dolma, Director Tour- na. We are very hopeful in the Football Association. ism, Rigzin Samphel; Director Asserting the close dependence ism said that the cleaning cam- coming days we will be able to LFA said that the association was Tourism, Kunzes Angmo, of- of tourism and cleanliness, he paign is also a step towards ficers/officials of the Tourism said that Ladakh needs to con- making people aware of the Department, Rural Development tinue with the cleanliness drive importance of cleanliness to pro- Department, Municipal Com- regularly and create a clean at- mote tourism. She urged people mittee, and members of various L-G Mathur meets G K Reddy, discuss mosphere for tourists as well for to keep the environment clean.