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After this, the LBA turned to demanding internal autonomy within the state of Jammu and
Kashmir. It made various demands such as the set-up of a Ladakh Affairs Ministry headed by a Ladakhi MLA, adequate representation in legislature and civil service, development funds for roads and bridges etc. Some
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in 1989, with strong
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The LBA has deployed rhetoric in recent years alleging that
Muslims are outnumbering them and that Buddhist women are being "lured" into marrying Muslims and subsequently converting to Islam. The case of Stanzin Saldon marrying a Muslim man is set as an example of this alleged phenomena. Saldon
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asking for it to be excluded from such arrangements. He argued that Ladakh was a "separate nation" by all tests, such as race, language and culture, and had a right to self-determination. He suggested that Ladakh should be governed directly by the
Government of India or merged with Jammu or East
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Department, the Youth Wing and the Women's Wing and branches located in villages that are meant to address local issues and look after the welfare of Buddhist Community. LBA has its unit branch offices in the outreach representing a cluster of villages. These units
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Kashmiri government despite the fact that Ladakh's Muslims differed from the Muslims Kashmiris and even each other. Buddhists were restricted from having any social or economic
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herself responded to these claims by stating "The statement of LBA is false and concocted, an effort to suppress and threaten the rights of individual." Some local politicians and Muslim organisations also expressed concern that the LBA was trying to disturb communal harmony due to this event.
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and the LBA's advocacy for the autonomy of Ladakh. Beek summarised the situation as such: "Thus, while the LBA and some
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facilitate and work closely with the community heads and their own village representatives as well as their women and youth groups.
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