Talks between the Union Home Ministry and Ladakh representatives on 16 October ended without a significant breakthrough, the Indian Express reported the next day. Discussions concerned proposed constitutional safeguards and the powers of a territory-level elected body.
Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra defended the Centre’s approach under a proposed Article 371K and said statehood or a Union Territory legislature were not on offer. He maintained that the government remained committed to a political solution.
Sonam Wangchuk, part of the delegation, accused the Centre of stepping back from earlier assurances about democratic authority and control over the bureaucracy. The competing accounts describe unresolved negotiations; the proposal should not be read as an enacted constitutional settlement.