KARGIL, APRIL 16, 2021: Former MLA and opposition leader Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai lashed the Union Territory of Ladakh administration over delay in opening the Zojila Pass and not making arrangements of essential commodities in Kargil.

The veteran leader made the statement during a speech after the Friday prayers here in Minji Kargil. 

“The UT Administration had promised to open the Zojila Pass on February 28, but now even March 28 has passed and it is Mid April but there are no signs of opening the Zojila pass”, said Karbalai in his furious speech.

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“It seems that after February 28 the administration has forget even the existence of the Zojila Pass.”

Karbalai flays the UT, District, and LAHDC administration over not making arrangements of essential commodities in the market as the Holy month of Ramzan has already begun.

He further said that in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir the State, Divisional, and District administration used to make arrangements of necessary products 15 days prior to the month of Ramazan. “The UT Ladakh administration had failed in their own promises”, Karbalai added.

“The democratic, political, social and civil rights are far away, even the essential basic needs are not available and usurped from the public.”

“The Central Government, from Prime Minister to Home Minister are indulged in elections in Bengal and they have forgotten their duties, and rights, and requirements of people in Ladakh who are on their helm in the new political setup.

“According to Ayatollah Khamenei, it is not only the inefficient Government to blame, but it is the people also equally responsible who have the power to vote and choose the Government. During elections, the people don’t pay heed to the development issues and agendas but they are betrayed by other things.

Earlier on Monday, the Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust and CEC Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan had appealed to the Union Territory administration to make hasty and necessary arrangements of the essential commodities.