Priyanka Gandhi backs Ladakh's full statehood demand

Srinagar, March 13: Voicing support for the demand of full statehood for Ladakh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said the government should leave its “stubbornness” and listen to the voice of the people.

In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, “The BJP had promised the people of Ladakh to give full statehood but did not fulfil it. On the one hand there is increasing Chinese occupation and on the other hand there is the silence, broken promises and betrayal of the BJP government — the trust of the people of Ladakh is breaking.”

The Congress general secretary shared on X a video of Ladakhi people fasting for eight days demanding full statehood.

“Today the people of Ladakh are demanding full statehood and security under the 6th Schedule, which is the duty of the government to fulfil,” she said.

The Government should leave its “stubbornness” and listen to the voice of the people of Ladakh, Priyanka Gandhi said.

Ladakh’s educationist and environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk and dozens of people have been fasting for eight days to press for their demands, she said.