When he started this speech, he was an unknown MP, just 34 years old, from one of India’s most remote constituencies. By the time he was done, BJP's Jamyang Tsering Namgyal from Ladakh had become the star speaker of India’s Parliament. Here’s what he said.
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00:00Last year in Rajya Sabha, the Congress leaders were saying with a loud voice that what will happen with Ladakh, what will happen with Ladakh.
00:10I want to know through you Mr. President, I want to know.
00:15When you were the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2008, you built 8 new districts there, districts.
00:23You gave 4 to Kashmir, so the Jammu people fought, so you had to give 4.
00:27You didn't give a single district to Ladakh. Is this your equality?
00:32Is this your equality?
00:34Today you say equality?
00:37Our language, Ladakhi, our native language says,
00:41Kashmiri, even if you are not a Lipi,
00:45you recognised it and put it in your schedule.
00:48The Jammu people fought, so you gave it to them.
00:51You recognised Ladakh's language till today.
00:55Is this your equality?
00:57Mr. President, we are talking about secularism and demography here.
01:03I want to know.
01:06The Kashmiri Pandits that you misused this area,
01:12kicked them out day and night.
01:14Is this your secularism?
01:17Is this your secularism?
01:20You misused this area,
01:24you are giving a speech from your home.
01:26In Ladakh, earlier, the number was very high.
01:29Today, the number of Muslims is high.
01:32I want to say with regret,
01:35you misused this area,
01:38and in Jammu and Kashmir, you tried to kill the Buddhists.
01:43Is this your demographic maintenance?
01:48Is this your secularism?
01:50Mr. President,
01:53the same families,
01:56I am not saying that you ruled there,
01:58I am saying that you ruled.
02:00The same families, in 1979,
02:04divided Ladakh.
02:07With the Buddhist majority, Leh district.
02:09With the Muslim majority, Kargil district.
02:12And you made us fight till today.
02:14Is this your secularism?
02:17Is this your secularism?
02:19Today, you were talking about Kargil.
02:21You were saying that Kargil is closed.
02:23Who told you that Kargil is closed?
02:25Try to understand.
02:28It is me.
02:29I am coming from Ladakh.
02:31You are not coming from Ladakh.
02:33You sit.
02:34You sit comfortably.
02:36You sit.
02:39Brother,
02:41till today, you spoke.
02:43Today, it is our turn to speak.
02:45You sit.
02:47You are not like Modi.
02:49You sit.
02:51He,
02:53he,
02:55he thinks that Kargil is just a road and a small market.
03:00Brother,
03:02if you want to see Kargil,
03:04go to Zanskar.
03:06Go to Vakha, Moolbeg, Shargol.
03:08Go to Aryan Valley.
03:10Go to Darsigarh.
03:1370% of the population of Kargil
03:17welcomes this decision.
03:22They support this bill.
03:30President,
03:32Today,
03:34this is the same people giving speeches.
03:38I am not like you, I don't read books, but I feel the reality of the ground.
03:53Mr. President, what is happening in Kargil right now, they are making us do it by phone.
04:03They don't even know what they are doing.
04:07They should think about their future, not listen to them.
04:12They don't want anyone for their own benefit.
04:18Mr. President, sit down, have the ability to listen.
04:29Mr. President, 66 years ago, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Jan Sangh,
04:39in 1953, the struggle that he fought,
04:44in one country, two vidas, two signs, and two presidents,
04:49it won't work, it won't work.
04:54And because of this, I say with pride,
04:59they don't know what the people of Ladakh have done so far.
05:02In 2011, today they are saying that our flag is going, our flag is going.
05:07Your flag, the people of Ladakh are not saying in 2011.
05:12Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council has passed a resolution.
05:17In 2011, the flag of J&K,
05:20the chairman of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council,
05:23the executive councillor, the cabinet and deputy minister's ranks,
05:27their watch used to ring.
05:29We rejected that flag.
05:31We put up the national emblem there.
05:34Because we want to become an integral part of India.
05:38This is Ladakh.
05:41Because we believe,
05:43we are the children of a proud country.
05:48With three colours, with three colours,
05:51the colourful flag is our identity.
06:04Mr. President,
06:07it is a very ironical thing.
06:11You won't participate in the panchayat elections,
06:15and when you come out of your seats, you will participate.
06:20You won't let the grassroots democracy come,
06:23but you should run your own family.
06:26We will not accept such an ideology.
06:31Mr. President,
06:34the few people,
06:36who I am repeatedly talking about two families,
06:40these families,
06:43who are beating the drums of Kashmir,
06:46who are beating the drums of Kashmir,
06:49they are not the ones who want a solution.
06:52They are the parts of the problem.
06:55They have become a part of this problem.
06:58They have become a part of this problem.
07:01They are intoxicated.
07:03They still think that Kashmir is my father's land.
07:06It is not.
07:09It is not.
07:12Mr. President,
07:15before concluding this,
07:18I would like to thank the Indian government,
07:22Mr. Narendra Modi,
07:25Home Minister Manini Amit Shah,
07:28and the entire co-operative party,
07:31and those who do not have a party,
07:34and those who are in favour of this crowd,
07:37I would like to thank the residents of Ladakh.
07:40I would like to thank the residents of Ladakh.
07:43Because for the first time in the history of India,
07:46the sentiments and aspirations of Ladakhis are being heard.
07:49the sentiments and aspirations of Ladakhis are being heard.
07:52The Ladakhis,
07:55who are at odds with China and Pakistan,
07:58The Ladakhis,
08:01who are at odds with China and Pakistan,
08:04are understanding the importance of Ladakh.
08:07We welcome this crowd in this government.
08:10And we,
08:13at the end,
08:16those who are still confused,
08:19I would like to make a small request to them.
08:22If you love the country, then show it.
08:25If you love the country, then show it.
08:28Do not wait for the bill.
08:31Say it proudly, Jai Hind.
08:34Say it proudly, we are Indians.
08:37Say it proudly, Jai Bharat Mata.
08:40And support this bill in the present.
08:43And support this bill in the present.
08:46Thank you very much.