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.[1]

Not to be confused with Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil.
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh
Type
Type
Leadership
Chief Executive Councillor
Tashi Gyalson, Bharatiya Janata Party
since 31 October 2020
Structure
Seats30 Councillors
Political groups
  •   BJP (16)
  •   INC (9)
  •   IND (1)
  •   NOM (4)
Elections
26 plurality voting
4 nominated
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.[2]

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

Composition

The council is composed of 30 Councillors of which 26 are directly elected and 4 are nominated members.[4]

The executive arm of the council consists of an executive committee composed of a Chief Executive Councillor and four other executive councillors.

Members by Party

Election 2020
Main article: 2020 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh election

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

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Constituency NoNameWinning 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) (joint BJP) Thuptan Wangchuk (INC) IND (joint 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

Executive committee

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

  • Tashi Gyalson - Chief Executive Councillor [7]
  • Tsering Angchuk - Deputy Chief Executive Councillor (Departments of Education, Higher Education, Environment,  Arts and Culture, District Motor Garages, FCS&CA, ICDS, Labour Welfare, Parks and Garden, Polytechnics, SAMAGRA, Social Welfare and Youth Services and Sports).
  • Tashi Namgyal Yakzee - Departments of Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Cooperative, MGNREGA, Rural Development Department, Command Area Development, Rural Sanitation and Wildlife.
  • Ghulam Mehdi - Departments of Employment, Forest, Fisheries, Handicrafts, Handloom, Horticulture, Industries, Minority Affairs, Soil Conservation and Stationery and Printings
  • Stanzin Chosphel - Departments of Agriculture, Antiquities and Archives, Information, Information and Technology, ITI and Statistic and Evaluation.

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Bhan, Mona (11 September 2013). The Hill Council and the Healing Touch policy. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. p. 63. ISBN 9781134509836.
  3. "India". Allrefer country study guide. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
  4. "Leh - Roof of the World..." leh.nic.in. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. Ladakh poll: 15 seats for BJP, Cong. wins 9, The Hindu, 26 October 2020.
  6. https://ladakh.nic.in/ladakh-autonomous-hill-development-council-leh/
  7. https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-new-chief-executive-councillor-tashi-gyalson-promises-welfare-of-ladakh-people/363314
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