Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF) was formed in 2002 as a conglomerate of political parties in

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Objective

Its basic objective was to fight for the

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status for

. 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

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(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

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(BJP). Subsequently, the BJP won 4 out of 26 seats on the council in this election.

Fulfillment of demand

In August 2019, the

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passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019.

Support from Gilgit Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative units of Pakistan, administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has b ...

activist Senge H Sering supported

as separate Union Territory.

References

2002 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir 2010 disestablishments in India Bharatiya Janata Party Defunct political parties in India Former member parties of the National Democratic Alliance Organisations based in Ladakh Political parties disestablished in 2010 Political parties established in 2002 {{India-party-stub

Objective

Merger

Fulfillment of demand

Support from Gilgit Baltistan

See also

References