Conceded Division status to Ladakh, UT demand will be followed up in same spirit: Rijiju

Union Minister of State for Home KirenRijiju on Tuesday said the demand for granting a division status to Ladakh was conceded by the Modi government and now the demand for the Union Territory status for the province would also be followed up in the same spirit.

Addressing election rallies for the BJP LokSabha candidateJamyangTseringNamgyal in Nobra and other places, Rijiju also said that thedemand to include the “Bothi” language in the 8th Schedule of the IndianConstitution had been taken up with his ministry before the election processbegan and assured that it will be followed up after the elections are over.

   

He lashed out at successive Congress governments at thecentre and the state for deliberately discriminating against the Ladakh region.”BJP can do justice to nationalist people of Ladakh region,” he said  adding that it is the Modi led BJPGovernment, which had, for the first time, addressed the long pending demandsof people of Leh, Nobra, Kargil and Zanskar.

Union Minister said that there is a strong wave in favor ofBJP in Ladakh region and people love to see Prime Minister NarendraModi to besworn in as the Prime Minister of India, He and hoped that the BJP will sweepthe MP seat in Ladakh with huge margin.

“The benefit of free gas cylinders and ruralelectrification, road connectivity, health facilities, Medical College at Leh,Ladakh University, many Colleges, new higher secondary schools and High Schoolswas provided in  Ladakh during the fiveyears of  Modi Government,” he said. “Theexpansion of the Leh Airport, inclusion of Kargil for an airport under theUDAAN scheme and a new University for the students are some of the most recentmeasures announced by the Modi Government.”

BJP State President Ravinder Raina appealed to the public toenbloc vote in favour of BJP in order to ensure political stability and developmentin Ladakh and support PM Modi by gifting Ladakh seat to the BJP.

MLC TseringDorje also highlighted the development worksbeing taken up during the Modi Government in Ladakh and appealed to the Localsto vote for the BJP.

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