The day after the violent clashes in Ladakh, the Congress said on Thursday the crisis was a result of the BJP government’s own failure, adding that the demands of the people were genuine.
The statehood movement descended into violence, arson, and street clashes in Leh on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and more than 80 injured, including 40 police personnel, officials said.
Congress’s media and publicity department head, Pawan Khera, said the loss of precious lives in Ladakh was unfortunate.
Khera wrote on X, “It’s a grim reminder of the government’s failed promises. In 2019, from the floor of Parliament, the nation was assured that the humiliation being inflicted on the people of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir then would usher in peace. Six years later, the trouble has only deepened.”
He said, “BJP failed to restore peace in the Valley; the Centre’s short-sightedness has pushed Jammu and Ladakh into an incinerator of violence. This crisis is the BJP government’s own creation – one it now seeks to unfairly ignore.”
Ladakh’s demand for inclusion under the Sixth Schedule, for dignity, and for the protection of their identity, is both legitimate and just, Khera added.
Congress leaders said the issue deserves not neglect but compassion and statesmanship.
On Wednesday, groups of youths, indulging in arson and vandalism, targeted the headquarters of the BJP and the Hill Council and set vehicles ablaze.
Police and paramilitary forces, deployed in strength across the town, lobbed teargas shells to bring the situation under control, officials said.
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