Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:06am on 19 Oct 2025,Sunday India
Ladakh campaigners for statehood and Sixth Schedule protections held symbolic protests Saturday amid heavy restrictions. Leh administration suspended mobile internet, restricted gatherings, closed educational institutions, and deployed security forces. Campaign co-chairman Chering Dorjay was briefly confined home, with only "15 to 20" participants allowed in the silent march. Hundreds marched in neighboring Kargil demanding justice for four killed in September 24 violence during statehood protests. Dorjay criticized restrictions as "totally illegal," saying "when government is scared of its people, there is something to hide." While welcoming Centre's judicial inquiry announcement, he expressed concerns about FIR 144 incorporation and absence of Ladakhi representation among inquiry members led by retired Justice B.S. Chauhan.
