Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh[1]
Type
Type
Leadership
Chief Executive Councillor
Tashi Gyalson, BJP
since 31 October 2020
Structure
Seats30 Councillors (26 Elected + 4 Nominated)
Political groups
Government (16)
  •   BJP (16)[2]

Opposition (10)

Nominated (4)

Elections
26 plurality voting + 4 Nominated
Last election
26 October 2020
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Leh, Ladakh
Website
leh.nic.in/lahdcleh/

The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh (LAHDC Leh) is one among the two Autonomous District Council of Ladakh Union Territory. LAHDC Leh administers the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] The administration of Union Territory of Ladakh looks after law and order, communications and the higher education in the districts.

Members

Members of the Council

In the elections for the LAHDC on 26 October 2020, the BJP won 15 out of 26 seats.[6][7]

Constituency No Constituency Name Name of Councillor Party
1 Turtuk Ghulam Mehdi BJP
2 Hundar Kunzang Lotus BJP
3 Diskit Tsering Angchuk BJP
4 Tegar Rigzen Lundup BJP
5 Panamik Tsering Sandup BJP
6 Tangtse Tashi Namgyal BJP
7 Chushul Konchok Stanzin Independent
8 Nyoma Ishey Spalzang BJP
9 Kungyam Thinles Nurboo BJP
10 Karzok Karma Namdak BJP
11 Sakti Rigzin Tsering INC
12 Igoo Sonam Thardos INC
13 Martselang Stanzin Chosphel BJP
14 Thiksey Stanzin Chosfail BJP
15 Chuchot Mirza Hussain BJP
16 Upper Leh Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag INC
17 Lower Leh Tsering Namgyal INC
18 Phyang Tundup Nurbu INC
19 Sku Markha Sonam Nurboo BJP
20 Basgo Tsering Norboo INC
21 Saspol Smanla Dorje Nurboo INC
22 Temisgam Sonam Dorjey INC
23 Khaltsi Lobzang Sherab BJP
24 Skurbuchan Lundup Dorjai INC
25 Lamayuru Morup Dorjey BJP
26 Lingshet Tashi Gyalson BJP

Members of the Executive Committee

The members of the executive committee are as follows:[8]

S. No. Name Designation
1 Tashi Gyalson Chairman / Chief Executive Councillor[9]
2 Tsering Angchuk Deputy Chairman
3 Tashi Namgyal Yakzee Executive Councillor for Animals and Sheep
4 Ghulam Mehdi Executive Councillor for Minorities and Forestry
5 Stanzin Chosphel Executive 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

  1. ^ "Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh | the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh | India".
  2. ^ "LAHDC Leh election 2020 results". Leh district Administration. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Ladakh Autonomous hill development Council". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  4. ^ Bhan, Mona (11 September 2013). The Hill Council and the Healing Touch policy. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. p. 63. ISBN 9781134509836.
  5. ^ "India". Allrefer country study guide. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
  6. ^ Ladakh poll: 15 seats for BJP, Cong. wins 9, The Hindu, 26 October 2020.
  7. ^ "LAHDC Leh Councillors". LAHDC Leh. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh | the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh | India".
  9. ^ "New Chief Executive Councillor Tashi Gyalson Promises Welfare of Ladakh People".

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