Ladakh Union Territory Front

Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF) was a conglomerate of political parties in Ladakh in India. [1]

Objective

Its basic objective was to fight for the Union Territory status for Ladakh. A consortium of political parties formed in 2002 decided that a regional party shall be formed under a single flag and carry the struggle for the Union territory status for Ladakh. Things changed when few of the nominated candidates shifted sides and joined Indian National Congress (INC). Since then a kind of bipartisan politics begun in Ladakh between the LUTF and the Indian National Congress.

Merger

In 2010, when the elections for LAHDC, Leh, was round the corner, LUTF merged into Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Consequently, BJP got a crushing defeat in the hands of INC in the 2010 elections, winning only 4 out of 26 seats.

Fulfillment of demand

In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019.[2]

Support from Gilgit Baltistan
Main articles: Turtuk and 1988 Gilgit massacre

Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan activist Senge H Sering supported Ladakh as separate Union Territory.[3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ladakhis-ecstatic-after-government-proposes-union-territory-status/story-nnizyj4AaqjE3dPkOHhXXM.html
  2. https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ladakh-celebrates-1st-independence-day-after-becoming-union-territory-watch/1676609
  3. https://www.wionews.com/pakistan/china-feels-threatened-by-indias-infra-building-in-ladakh-says-gilgit-activist-307143/amp
  4. https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/poks-gilgit-baltistan-activist-demands-representation-in-indian-parliament/464643
  5. https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2019/nov/06/pakistan-illegally-occupied-pok-gilgit-baltistan-claims-activist-2057997.amp
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