Srinagar: Two days after claiming that the Center has agreed in principle to provide the Ladakh Union Territory with an Assembly, a Chief Minister and constitutional protections akin to Article 371, a prominent representative of Ladakh said on Sunday, “No final agreement or concrete outcome has been reached yet”.“Discussions are still ongoing,” Sajjad Kargili, co-chairman of the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), said in a statement. “We had shared our draft proposals demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards and the government has now responded with some suggestions. A formal draft is expected before the next meeting,” said Kargili, who was part of the talks in New Delhi with the Union Home Ministry’s sub-committee on Friday.He said that once the draft is received from the Home Ministry, they will hold detailed consultations with other Ladakh representatives as well as constitutional and legal experts.After Friday’s talks, Leh Apex Body (LAB) and KDA members had assured the Center of restoring democracy in Ladakh and providing constitutional safeguards on the lines of Articles 371 A, F and G applicable to Nagaland, Sikkim and Mizoram.According to LAB and KDA, the Center told them that the only reason why Ladakh should no longer be made a state is because of lack of sufficient revenue to meet basic expenses like salaries of employees. However, he said, the new model will give full statehood to Ladakh after meeting the revenue criteria.The Home Ministry had constituted a committee under the leadership of junior minister Nityanand Rai on January 2, 2023, to address the major issues of Ladakh. Since then several rounds of talks have taken place.On September 24, 2025, four people were killed and over 80 injured in alleged police firing on protesters demanding statehood in Leh, following which the process came to a halt.LAB member and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk was accused of inciting the protesters. He was arrested, charged under NSA and kept in Jodhpur jail.The Center had canceled his NSA custody in March this year.After his release, Wangchuk has pressed for such talks. He was part of Friday’s talks with the Centre.