People Tells Me China Took Away Their Grazing Land: Rahul Gandhi In Ladakh

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that people in Ladakh have complained to him about their lands being taken away by the Chinese army.

Gandhi on Saturday rode a motorcycle from Leh to Pangong Lake in the Union Territory of Ladakh ahead of his father Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary.

"Here, the concern is of course China has taken away the land...people have said that China's army has entered the area and their grazing land was taken away but PM said that not an inch of land was taken away, but this is not true, you can ask anyone here," ANI quoted the Wayanad MP in a tweet.

Batting for the elections, he said, "There were so many complaints from the people of Ladakh, they are not happy with the status that has been given to them, they want representation and there is a problem of unemployment...people are saying that the state should not be run by bureaucracy but state must be run by voice of people...", says Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP in Ladakh

The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was turned into a Union territory and its special status under Article 370 of the Constitution was revoked in 2019. Also, Ladakh was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir and made a Union territory.

This is his first since the region was made a Union territory. The former Congress chief is likely to visit Kargil next week.

He shared a few photos of his motorcycle expedition from Leh to Pangong on his social media account with a caption "On our way to Pangong lake, which my father used to say, is one of the most beautiful places in the world." "On Sunday, he is leaving for Nubra Valley on the motorcycle for a night stay there. En route, he is likely to meet commoners including shopkeepers and farmers," Namgyal said.