After Jammu and Kashmir political parties met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Delhi earlier this week, the Centre has now invited parties and civil society members from Kargil and Ladakh for talks on July 1.
The party have been invited for talks with the Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy in the first week of July.
After Centre’s invitation to Ladakh political parties, Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal had said in a tweet that the Gupkar alliance did not have the right or authority to speak on behalf of the people of Ladakh. His comments linked to the PM Modi’s all party meet with Jammu and Kashmir leaders.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier said in a tweet that the Central government is committed to ensure all round development of Jammu and Kashmir. He said the future of Jammu and Kashmir was discussed and the delimitation exercise and peaceful elections are important milestones in restoring statehood as promised in Parliament.
PM Modi’s meeting with 14 Jammu and Kashmir leaders was the maiden political exercise between the Centre and mainstream Jammu and Kashmir politicians after the abrogation of Article 370 and the division of the state into two union territories in August 2019.
On August 5, 2019, the central government withdrew Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under the Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir with a legislative assembly and Ladakh without one. The move led to the imposition of restrictions on several political leaders and activists in the Kashmir Valley. Gradually, authorities lifted the curbs and released politicians under detention.
The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, which consists of 21 individual articles and is based on Articles 244(2) and 275(1), provides for the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, after setting up autonomous district and regional councils.