Ladakh-Sonam Wangchuk Protest: The detention of researcher-climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and round 120 different folks from Ladakh, marching in direction of the nationwide capital, has sparked a pointy political backlash from the opposition events who got here exhausting upon the BJP authorities. Sonam Wangchuk and over 100 folks from Ladakh have been finishing up a foot march to the nationwide capital demanding Sixth Schedule standing for the Union Territory. They have been detained by the Delhi Police on the nationwide capital’s border.
The padyatra was organized by the Leh Apex Physique, which, alongside the Kargil Democratic Alliance, has been main a four-year-long agitation demanding statehood for Ladakh, its inclusion within the Sixth Schedule of the Structure, an expedited recruitment course of with the institution of a public service fee for Ladakh, and separate Lok Sabha seats for the Leh and Kargil districts.
Congress, AAP React
Reacting to their detention, Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “The detention of Sonam Wangchuk ji and a whole lot of Ladakhis peacefully marching for environmental and constitutional rights is unacceptable. Why are aged residents being detained at Delhi’s border for standing up for Ladakh’s future? Modi ji, like with the farmers, this ‘Chakravyuh’ will probably be damaged, and so will your vanity. You’ll have to hearken to Ladakh’s voice.”
The detention of Sonam Wangchuk ji and a whole lot of Ladakhis peacefully marching for environmental and constitutional rights is unacceptable.
Why are aged residents being detained at Delhi’s border for standing up for Ladakh’s future?
Modi ji, like with the farmers, this…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 30, 2024
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi termed the detention as ‘dictatorship’. “Sonam Wangchuk and our 150 Ladakhi brothers and sisters have been coming to Delhi peacefully. The police have stopped them. They’ve been imprisoned in Bawana police station since final night time. Is it unsuitable for Ladakh to demand democratic rights? Is it unsuitable for Satyagrahis to go to Gandhi Samadhi on 2 October? Stopping Sonam Wangchuk ji is a dictatorship. I’ll go to Bawana police station to satisfy him right this moment at 1 pm,” mentioned Atishi.
सोनम वांगचुक और हमारे 150 लद्दाखी भाई-बहन शांतिपूर्ण तरीक़े से दिल्ली आ रहे थे। उनको पुलिस ने रोक लिया है। कल रात से बवाना थाने में क़ैद हैं।
क्या लद्दाख के लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार माँगना ग़लत है? क्या 2 अक्तूबर को सत्याग्रहियों का गांधी समाधि जाना ग़लत है?
सोनम वांगचुक जी को रोकना… https://t.co/Nr9LVoiM7a
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) October 1, 2024
Former Uttar Pradesh CM and Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned, “Those that are afraid of peace are scared from inside. The BJP authorities can not obtain something by obstructing the peaceable Delhi go to of environmentalist and Ladakh well-wisher Sonam Wangchuk ji. If the Centre doesn’t hearken to the voice of the border, it will likely be known as its political deafness.”
Sonam Wangchuk’s Declare
In a social media put up shortly earlier than being detained, Wangchuk shared visuals from the Delhi border, the place their buses have been stopped by Delhi Police. “As we’re approaching Delhi, it seems we’re not being escorted, we’re being detained,” Wangchuk mentioned.
I AM BEING DETAINED…
together with 150 padyatris
at Delhi Border, by a police power of 100s some say 1,000.
Many aged males & ladies of their 80s and few dozen Military veterans…
Our destiny is unknown.
We have been on a most peaceable march to Bapu’s Samadhi… within the largest democracy… pic.twitter.com/iPZOJE5uuM
— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) September 30, 2024
He claimed that round 1,000 police personnel had been deployed on the Delhi border they usually have been knowledgeable that heavy deployment of safety forces was made on the Ladakh Bhawan in Delhi, and in areas the place college students from the Union Territory resided.
