‘Statehood, safeguards under 6th schedule remain key demands’: Ladakh MP-elect Hanifa Jan

Since becoming a Union territory in 2019, Ladakh has witnessed a series of protests with demand for statehood...

Hanifa Jan, the independent MP-elect from the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, has said that statehood, and safeguards under the sixth schedule of the Constitution of India, remain his key demands so that the people of the region get their rights...

I will go to the NDA, as well as all parties of the INDIA bloc, Hanifa Jan told PTI in an exclusive interview, referring to the BJP-led coalition that recently won its third consecutive Lok Sabha election, and the Congress-led alliance of opposition parties, respectively..

In August 2019, the Narendra Modi government, a little over two months after it was voted to power to serve its second successive term, revoked Article 370 of the Constitution; the legislation gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir..

Since then, Ladakh has witnessed a series of protests with demand for statehood, and safeguard guaranteed by the sixth schedule..

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