Will go on a fast if top leadership from the Union govt. fails to meet us, says Sonam Wangchuk Premium
The Hindu
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk released after 5-day police detention amid protests for Ladakh constitutional safeguards.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was released on Friday (October 4, 2024) after remaining in police detention for five days. Mr. Wangchuk along with 150 protestors from Ladakh were detained on September 30 based on prohibitory orders issued by the police, hours before the group approached Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border. The protesters started from Leh on September 1 and the march to demand constitutional safeguards for Ladakh was to culminate on October 2 at Rajghat in Delhi. The Delhi leg of the march was curtailed. Mr. Wangchuk’s movements were restricted and he was confined to the government guest house even though the Union Government on October 3 informed the Delhi High Court that he was not in detention.
Ladakh became a Union Territory without a Legislative Assembly on August 5, 2019 after special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution was read down by the Parliament. Mr. Wangchuk spoke with The Hindu after being released from police detention. Edited excerpts:
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