Massive protests in Leh and Kargil towns of the Ladakh Union Territory on April 17, 202312. The protests were against "defaming the Dalai Lama by making a video viral on social media and comments made by various celebrities hurting religious feelings of Buddhists"1. All shops and business establishments remained closed and traffic was off the roads in Leh and Kargil districts1. Hundreds of people took out protest rallies in Leh and Kargil1.
