Some people have asked me if it’s appropriate to compare the September 24th brutal killings in Leh last year with Chinese repression in Tibet! I don’t blame them for they don’t know what happened that day in Leh as there was a total internet blackout for weeks. I understand the sufferings of Tibetan friends & have always opposed Chinese repression, but if you had seen what people in Leh went through on that unfortunate day, you might not disagree. Although Ladakh has always been happy & prosperous in India, the last six years have been different & last year was the worst... In a small town of 20,000 people four killed brutally, one suicide, 80 injured, 75 arrested with charges like attempt to murder. And it was all done without any firing orders in what's believed to be a stage managed violence. While in Delhi the parliament came to a halt demanding Amit Shah's resignation for use of pallet guns and lathi charge at Jantar Mantar... Shouldn't he resign for this? You can watch this clip of police brutality on people sitting on peaceful hunger strike. Rest I leave it to viewers to decide… #AmitShahMustResign #Ladakh #JantarMantar

LADAKH LEADERS CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 4pm, LADAKH BHAVAN, NEW DELHI Leaders of Apex Body of Leh & Kargil Democratic Alliance are rather disappointed by the Sub Committee level meeting in New Delhi on 9th Sept. There was hardly anything new beyond the last meeting four months ago... No draft prefpared by MHA to discuss, no response on the list of Non-negotiables Ladakh had sent a month ago, not even an assurance of not doing any major irreversible restructuring of local governance, land transfer policies etc before a legitimate democratic Assembly is in place... The only major outcome of the meeting was perhaps to fix the next meeting date... in October. This is why we're reminded of famous comedian Jaspal Bhatti's meetings today. As we had guessed this meeting on 9th Sept seems to be just a red herring to distract Ladakh from the massive Leh to Kargil Padyatra march that was to start from 10th Sept. Trust is diminishing distrust is growing unfortunately. @narendramodi @AmitShah