A joint delegation of prominent leaders representing the various religious and ethnic groups of Leh and Kargil Districts of Ladakh region under the leadership Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, thelone Member of Parliament of Ladakh met Prime Minister Narender Modi, SpeakerLok Saba Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy in New Delhi.

On behalf of the people of Ladakh, the delegation expressed their heartfelt gratitude to your dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narender Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and all other prominent leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party and NDA government for abrogation of Art. 370 & 35A and full-fling the 71 years long pending and most genuine demand of the people of Ladakh by granting Union Territory status to Ladakh.

The letter submitted by the delegation to all the prominent leaders in New Delhi reads, “In fact the people of Ladakh will always be indebted to the most dynamic leadership of Narendra Modi and Amit shah for having restored the identity, dignity and liberty of Ladakh. We are feelingtruly liberated for the first time after 1836 when Ladakh lost its independent kingdom. As we strive to build a New India under your bold and charismatic leadership we look forward with tremendous hope and enthusiasm. We reiterateour commitment to vastly contribute to national good and prosperity”. Duringthe meeting with the top leadership of the Modi Government, Ladakh delegationdiscussed various issues pertaining to Ladakh.

The delegation team of Ladakh attended by H.E. ThiksayKhanpo Rinpoche, Former Member of Parliament (RS), Ladakh, Gyal P. Wangyal,Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Phuntsok Stanzin, Executive Councillor, LAHDC Leh,Mohd Ali Chandan, Executive Councillor, representling LAHDC Kargil, Haji AnayatAli, Former Chairman, Legislative Council, J&K, P.T. Kunzang, President,Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), Leh, Ashraf Ali (Barcha), President,Anjuman-e-Imamia Association, Leh, Lama Shadup Chamba, President, Ladakh GonpaAssociation (LGA), Leh, Abdul Qayum, President, Anjuman-Moin-Ul-Islam, Leh,Dechen Cheemga, President, Christian Association, Leh, T. Chostar, President,Zanskar Buddhist Association (ZBA), Kargil, Mosin Ali, Councillor, LAHDCKargil, Stanzin Lhakpa,  Councillor,LAHDC Kargil and Dorjey Angchuk, District, President, Tashi Gyalson, VicePresident, Nawang Samstan General Secretary of BJP Leh.

Dispelling the rumours spreading in the social media aboutnot consulting the leaders of Kargil and Political Parties of Ladakh, JamyangTsering Namgyal Namgyal Member of Parliament of Ladakh says,  “I, along with all the leaders who werepresent in this delegation, have personally made phone calls to Feroz Khan,Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Kargil, Hassan Khan National Conference Leader and FormerMember of Parliament, Sheikh Nazir Mehdi Mohammadi, (Chairman, Joint ActionCommittee, Kargil) President, Islamia School Kargil and Mohd Ali Majaz,District President BJP from Kargil District and Former Minister, Nawang RigzinJora, Congress Leaders and Former Minister from Leh and invited them well ontime but all of them couldn’t attend the meetings for their personal reasons”.