Sonam Wangchuk breaks fast; home ministry to resume talks

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Monday ended his fast along with others after the home ministry assured them that the talks on Ladakhs demands will be resumed in DecemberJoin Secretary Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Prashant Lokhande met the activists who were sitting on an indefinite fast at Delhis Ladakh Bhawan since October 6 and handed them a letter from the home ministryThe letter said the highpowered committee of the ministry which was holding talks with representatives from Ladakh will meet them next on December 3Following this Wangchuk and his supporters decided to break their fast and called off the sitinOn the 16th day of our fast I am happy to say that our main appeal has been resolved Just now the joint secretary Ministry of Home Affairs came here at the Ladakh Bhawan and handed me this letter which says the talks going on between the apex body of Leh and the KDA in Kargil with the central government will be resumed very soon by December Wangchuk saidHe hoped that the outcome of the talks between the ministry and the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance the two sociopolitical organisations from the two regions of Ladakh will be positiveThe talks will be carried out by these bodies and I hope that very good outcomes will come not just for Ladakh but for the whole nationI just hope that I do not ever again have to do another anshan fast for this reason and it will result in a very happy ending I want to on this occasion thank everybody who supported us in this effort Wangchuk saidChering Dorjay Lakruk the president of the Ladakh Buddhist Association LBA thanked Wangchuk and others who took out a march for resumption of the talks that were stalledThe talks will be resumed now We have not achieved anything yet We hope that the talks on our fourpoint demands will be meaningful he saidLadakh MP Mohmad Haneefa also hoped that the talks will have a meaningful outcomeWe had to go back to protest because the talks were not resumed even after the Lok Sabha election We are happy that the talks are being resumed and hope that they will continue till a solution is foundWe hope that the government will take these talks seriously and our issues will be resolved Haneefa saidWangchuk along with his supporters marched to Delhi from Leh demanding Ladakhs inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution They reached the national capital on September 30 after walking for a monthThey were detained at the capitals Singhu border by the Delhi Police and released on the night of October 2Wangchuk sat on the fast on October 6 to press for the demand for Ladakhs inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and meet the top leadership of the government to raise the issueThe Sixth Schedule of the Constitution includes provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam Meghalaya Tripura and Mizoram in the northeast It establishes autonomous councils that have legislative judicial executive and financial powers to independently govern these areasThe protesters are also demanding statehood a public service commission for Ladakh and separate Lok Sabha seats for Leh and Kargil districtsThe march to Delhi was organised by the Leh Apex Body which along with the Kargil Democratic Alliance has been spearheading the agitationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever