Civil society leaders from Ladakh, who are demanding constitutional safeguards for the region, said on Monday (September 22, 2025) that the Union Home Ministry’s decision to call them for talks on October 6 was “unilateral”. They said the Ministry should have called the meeting sooner since the hunger strike by residents in Leh has entered the 13th day.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and other residents are sitting on a hunger strike, which they plan to continue for 35 days, in Leh amid demands for Statehood for Ladakh and inclusion of the Union Territory in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, giving the region a tribal status.
