Muslims Oppose Ladakh Budhists  

Leh: The demand to make Ladakh a union territory (UT) is confined to the Budhists of Leh district, and it is losing momentum with the opposition from the majority Muslims. The Muslim population in the Ladakh region is 1,11,729 while the Budhist population 1,5,956. But the president of the Ladakh Budhists Association (LBA), Tsering Samphel, who frequents Jammu and Delhi rather than Srinagar, says “we are talking on behalf of the entire Ladakh”. (Hindu, Aug.8, 2001).