 In 2010, when the elections for LAHDC, Leh, was round the corner, LUTF merged into Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Consequently, BJP got a crushing defeat in the hands of INC in the 2010 elections, winning only 4 out of 26 seats.In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019.