LEH, OCT 21: The administration of Leh on Wednesday conducted the draw of lots for reservation of seats for women among Panchs and Sarpanchs in Leh district, followed by a separate exercise for women’s reservation in the Municipal Committee Leh, as part of the prescribed process for ensuring women’s representation in grassroots democratic institutions and urban local governance.
The draw of lots for Panchayati Raj institutions was held at the LAHDC Conference Hall, Leh, in the presence of Sudhanshu Pandey, State Election Commissioner (SEC), Union Territory of Ladakh, and Romil Singh Donk, Deputy Commissioner, Leh.
The proceedings were also attended by Delex Namgyal, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Leh; Saqib Sharief Khan, District Panchayat Officer, Leh; and other concerned government officials.
Representatives of various political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), besides representatives of other political parties, witnessed the proceedings, reflecting the participation of different political stakeholders in the reservation exercise.
The draw of lots was conducted to determine the seats to be reserved for women among Panchs and Sarpanchs in the district. The exercise forms part of the administrative process for implementing the prescribed reservation framework in rural local governance.
Subsequently, the draw of lots for reservation of seats for women in the Municipal Committee Leh was held at the DC Conference Hall in the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Leh, in the presence of Deputy Commissioner Romil Singh Donk.
The two exercises covered women’s reservation in both rural Panchayati Raj institutions and the urban municipal body, addressing representation at different levels of local self-government.
The proceedings mark an administrative step towards determining women’s reserved seats in the district’s local governance institutions. The participation of senior election and district administration officials, along with representatives of political parties, underscored the significance of the exercise in the local electoral framework of Leh.
