How Ladakh Fared Economically And Culturally Under Kashmir's Politics

In a hard-hitting speech in Parliament, Ladakh’s 33-year-old Member of Parliament (MP), Tsering Namgyal, the son of a carpenter, made a forceful point about Kashmir’s harsh realities.

In an apparent reference to the Abdullahs and Muftis, Namgyal said, “Members of two families are still intoxicated and think that Kashmir is their father’s property. I want to ask why is it that in the past when funds were collected for the development of entire J&K, the entire amount for Ladakh was transferred to Kashmir. Is this your equality? The Congress recognised Kashmiri and Dogri as scheduled languages, but what about language of the Ladakhi people?”