BJP suffers setback in Ladakh, newly appointed chief resigns
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Tribune News Service
Jammu, May 3
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The BJP on Sunday suffered a major setback in Ladakh when its newly appointed UT president and former minister Chering Dorjay resigned from his political position as well as primary membership of the party.
Dorjay resigned to protest the “failure” of the UT administration to evacuate Ladakhi passengers, patients, pilgrims and students stranded at various places in the country.
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I had expressed my doubts about the problems well in time to the party high command through a videoconference. I am pained to see the patriotic people of Ladakh…being treated so shabbily and with disrespect by the UT administrators.
Chering Dorjay
“I have submitted my resignation to the BJP national president, JP Nadda. The UT administration has failed in evacuating Ladakhi people stranded at different places throughout India. The UT administration is utterly insensitive and callous about the pathetic condition of our stranded people,” Dorjay told The Tribune.
He also alleged that “the UT administration has rendered autonomous hill councils of Leh and Kargil ineffective by not allowing them to function as per the council Act. Ladakhis have sacrificed a lot to achieve the autonomous status for the two districts”.
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