Srinagar, Sep 30: Addressing a press conference at the Press Club of India, senior KDA leaders, including co-chairman Asghar Karbalai, Sajjad Kargali, Member of Parliament Haji Hanifa Jan, and civil society representatives accused the government of unleashing repression on peaceful protesters seeking statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
They added that what happened in Leh was not just an attack on protesters but on democracy itself & demanded an inquiry be headed by a sitting or retired judge.
The leaders said they would suspend all talks with the Ministry of Home Affairs until cases against their members were withdrawn and detained activists released.
The Apex body Leh also announced that it would not be part of any talks with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, till normalcy is restored in Ladakh .
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