Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh

The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh (LAHDC Leh) is an Autonomous District Council that administers the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[2]

Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh[1]
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chief Executive Councillor
Tashi Gyalson, BJP
since 31 October 2020
Structure
Seats30 Councillors
Political groups
  • Government
  BJP (16)
  Nominated (4)
  • Opposition
  INC (9)
  Independents (1)
Elections
26 plurality voting
4 nominated
Last election
October 2020
Meeting place
Leh, Ladakh
Website
https://leh.nic.in/lahdcleh/

History

The council was created under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act 1995, following demands of Ladakhi people to make Leh District a new Indian Union Territory because of its religious and cultural differences with the rest of Jammu and Kashmir. In October 1993, the Indian Union Government and the Jammu and Kashmir State Government agreed to grant Ladakh the status of Autonomous Hill Council.

The council came into being with the holding of elections on 28 August 1995. The inaugural meeting of the council was held at Leh on 3 September 1995. An Autonomous Hill Council has also been established in neighboring Kargil District. The Hill Council in Kargil came in to existence in July 2003.

In 2003, as part of its "healing touch policy", the J&K government announced popular elections for the Autonomous Hill Development Council in Kargil, which was meant to strengthen participatory forms of development, governance and democratic state-building in the war-ravaged district.[3]

Powers

The autonomous hill councils work with village panchayats to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation, and local governance which are further reviewed at the block headquarters in the presence of the chief executive councillor and executive councillors.[4] The administration of Union Territory of Ladakh looks after law and order, communications and the higher education in the districts.

Election Results

In the elections for the LAHDC on 26 October, the BJP won 15 out of 26 seats.[5]

Constituency No.Constituency NameWinning partyTrailing PartyMargin
1TURTUKGhulam Mehdi (BJP)Ghulam Hussain (IND)BJP won by 367 votes
2HUNDARKunzang Lotus (BJP)Stanzin Chotar (INC)BJP won by 420 votes
3DISKITTsering Angchuk (BJP)Tsewang Rigzin (INC)BJP won by 570 votes
4TEGARRigzen Lundup (BJP)Jigmet Stobgais (INC)BJP won by 416 votes
5PANAMIKTsering Sandup (BJP)Rigzin Norboo (INC)BJP won by 376 votes
6TANGTSETashi Namgyal (BJP)Namgyal Dorjey (INC)BJP won by 180 votes
7CHUSHUL Konchok Stanzin (IND) Konchok Tsepel (BJP) IND won by 309 votes
8NYOMA Ishey Spalzang (IND) (joined BJP) Thuptan Wangchuk (INC) IND (joined BJP) won by 16 votes
9KUNGYAM Thinles Nurboo (BJP) Skarma Zotpa (INC) BJP won by 133 votes
10KORZOK Karma Namdak (BJP) Gurmet Dorjey (INC) BJP won by 566 votes
11SAKTI Rigzin Tsering (INC)Urgain Phuntsog (AAP)INC won by 20 votes
12IGOO Sonam Thardos (INC)Tsering Palden (BJP)INC won by 79 votes
13MARTSELANG Stanzin Chosphel (BJP)Eshey Tsering (INC)BJP won by 684 votes
14THIKSAY Stanzin Chosfail (BJP)Tundup Gyatso (INC)BJP won by 344 votes
15CHUCHOT Mirza Hussain (BJP)Sayeeda Bano (IND)BJP won by 735 votes
16UPPER LEH Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag (INC)Tsering Namgail (IND)INC won by 36 votes
17LOWER LEH Tsering Namgyal (INC)P. Wangdan (BJP)INC won by 1116 votes
18PHYANG Tundup Nurbu (INC)Phunchok Dorjey (BJP)INC won by 57 votes
19SKU MARKHA Sonam Nurboo (BJP)Tsewang Gyaltsan (IND)BJP won by 67 votes
20BASGO Tsering Norboo (INC)Dorji Angchok (BJP)INC won by 223 votes
21SASPOL Smanla Dorje Nurboo (INC)Tsewang Nurboo (IND)INC won by 481 votes
22TEMISGAM Sonam Dorjey (INC)Tsering Wangchok (BJP)INC won by 245 votes
23KHALTSI Lobzang Sherab (BJP)Jigmet Rabgais (INC)BJP won by 9 votes
24SKURBUCHAN Lundup Dorjai (INC)Phuntsog Stanzin (BJP)INC won by 122 vote
25LAMAYOURU Morup Dorjey (BJP)Dorjey Gailson (INC)BJP won by 237 votes
26LINGSHET Tashi Gyalson (BJP)Kunchok Norboo (INC)BJP won by  311 votes

Members of the Executive Council

The members of the executive committee are as follows:[6]

S. No.NameDesignation
1Tashi GyalsonChairman / Chief Executive Councillor[7]
2Tsering AngchukDeputy Chairman
3Tashi Namgyal YakzeeExecutive Councillor for Animals and Sheep
4Ghulam MehdiExecutive Councillor for Minorities and Forestry
5Stanzin ChosphelExecutive Councillor for Agriculture

Vision 2025

On 8 May 2013 mutual collaboration for sustainable development in Ladakh in the tune with Ladakh Vision Document 2025 was jointly organised by LAHDC and NABARD at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra in Leh. The workshop-cum-discussion session was inaugurated by the then Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Rigzin Spalbar by lighting up the lamp in the presence of Executive Councillors.

In his introductory speech, Rigzin Spalbar talked about Ladakh Vision Document 2025 which was prepared in 2005 by a committee of 20 members headed by Sonam Dawa, former Chief Engineer and Advisor of Ladakh Ecological Development Group. These members belonging to different fields of expertise had put a great effort in the conceptualisation of the Vision Document. CEC took the opportunity to felicitate them at the function with a traditional scarf and a memento.

See also

References

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