Leh: The vice-president of Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), PT Kunzang, has said that they don’t want to thrust upon the demand of Union Territory on anyone but would like to involve people of Kargil in this demand.
Speaking to Rangyul, Kunzang said that the politicians of Leh are facing difficulties in raising the demand of Union Territory due to party constraints and that’s why the LBA has raised this demand again along with religious organizations.
He said the Kashmir issue has again resurrected and people of Jammu have also forwarded their viewpoint. “So, we have also decided to raise the aspirations of Ladakhis,” he said, adding that Kashmir issue should be resolved through peaceful means. Kunzang said that Government of India wants to find solutions of issues through talks.
He expressed grief over the deaths of humans, be it commoners or security forces, in Kashmir and said that the Government of India should take steps to end bloodshed. He said that State and Central Governments should find out such a solution to Kashmir issue where there should be no scope for further bloodshed and killings.
The LBA vice-president said that aspirations of Kashmiris, Jammuties and Ladakhis should be understood for peaceful atmosphere in State. While hailing the Kashmiri leadership including Hurriyat Conference and mainstream parties, he said that they have never opposed demands of Ladakhis nor tried to interfere in them.
He said despite breaking of LUTF, there has been no change in the demand of Union Territory in Leh but this has now been cleared that all political leaders of Leh are in favour of the demand. “At the local level, these leaders make different kinds of claims with regard to Union Territory and even they talk of leaving their parties but due to some party constraints they are unable to raise the demand at national level with proper effect,” he said.
Kunzang said that the religious organizations have no such constraints and that’s why they have reiterated the demand of Union Territory jointly. He said that for the demand of Union Territory, they have complete support of Anjuman-e-Mueen-ul-Islam, Anjuman-e-Imamia and Christian Association.
He said that they earlier also invited people of Kargil for participating in struggle of Union Territory demand and they will now hold deliberations with Kargil’s political and religious organizations for their participation in this struggle. “We will make them count the benefits of Union Territory so that they will favour this demand,” he said.
Kunzang said that time demands that instead of dividing people on the basis of religion they should be united on basis of culture and custom. He said that not only tradition and rituals, culture and customs but issues of people of Kargil and Leh are same. “So, we need to unite on the basis of custom so that people of both districts in one voice search for the resolution of their issues,” he said.
The vice-president of LBA said that in this regard the meaningful efforts of Action Committee for Protection of Reservation in Promotions have been started and in which all political and religious organizations of Leh and Kargil have united.
He said that a meeting of the committee has been held at Leh and another similar meeting would be held in Kargil in coming days in which 20-member delegation of political and religious parties of Leh would participate so that each other’s issues are understood and a joint stand is adopted for their resolution.
Kunzang admitted that instead of Leh, people of Kargil have good and close relations with Kashmiris due to some reasons and that’s the biggest reason for opposition to Union Territory demand. He said that LBA will try to end these reservations of Kargil people.
With regard to social boycott of Muslims in Zanskar, the vice-president of LBA confirmed that they have assured Dalai Lama that they will try to solve the issue in every possible way. “There are several issues between the two committees and on whom talks are imperative. We want that all these issues are resolved through talks,” he said.
When asked that the repeated efforts of Government and religious organizations of Kargil have not yielded any results with regard to ending the social boycott, Kunzang said that they will try to use their influence on Zanskar Buddhist Association.
“We will try to understand the issue by meeting both sides and will find out an acceptable solution,” he said. In reply to a question, Kunzang said that LBA has completely got salvation from politics and now it will not get trapped into the politics. “However, when it comes to the issues linked with the interest people of Ladakh, the LBA will not sit back and would raise them,” he said.
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