Residents from Ladakh hold placards demanding statehood and other democratic rights for their region during a protest in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, an amalgam of trade unions, social, political and religious groups from Ladakh region held a demonstration Wednesday demanding statehood after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government revoked the special status of Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir on Aug. 5, 2019 and turned the erstwhile state into two federally administered territories. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)