The order came a day after Ladakh’s civil society groups announced that agitations to push a slew of demands would resume on November 12
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The expanded councils will have 100 constituencies, including 36 seats reserved for women.
Hill council seats increased to 100, with 36 reserved for women for the first time; civil society groups oppose unilateral decision to hold polls now despite concerns about delimitation, voting in winter
“We suspect that this government is up to some mischief. We saw ‘vote chori’ in West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra etc. In entire India 13 crore voters were dropped from the voter list. Ladakh is a small region and fraud is easy,” said Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) chairman Tsering Dorjey Lakrook
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The last transformation of the Indian map happened in 2019 with the creation of the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh
Polling will be held for 193 panchayats, with the process to conclude by November 30; Municipal elections will be held in Leh and Kargil.
