Senior Congress leader and former union minister Prof Saifuddin Soz on Saturday said that divisional status to Ladakh has already created unease in Kargil region.
In a statement Prof Soz said: “I strongly object to Governor’s decision to accord divisional status to Ladakh without taking the region’s political class (both of Leh and Kargil) into confidence. It is basically wrong for him to think that he (the Governor) is an exact substitute for a duly elected government in the state. I am sure Governor Malik has overlooked the implications of such an order. Ladakh region consists of two sub-regions- Leh and Kargil, with distinct ethnic, cultural and religious features. The Governor’s order will promote a sort of unrest in that region as he (the Governor) did not discuss this proposal with the political class of both regions in Ladakh.”