Sonam Wangchuk Detained at Delhi Border; CM Atishi to Meet Climate Activist, Rahul Gandhi Calls it ‘Unacceptable
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Delhi CM meets Climate Activist Sonam Wangchuk’s.
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Rahul Gandhi called Sonam Wangchuk’s detention “unacceptable.”
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Around 120 people from Ladakh were detained, all the people have been staying separately.
Sonam Wangchuk is an academician and climate activist. Since 2019, the people of Ladakh have been marching from Ladakh to Delhi demanding Sixth Schedule status. Around 120 people, including Sonam Wangchuk, have been detained by Delhi Police at the Singhu border. According to the news, all the people have been staying separately.
WHY Sonam Wangchuk Detained at Delhi Border?
Due to the imposition of prohibitory orders in the city, Sonam Wangchuk and the people with him were detained by the policemen deployed by the border itself before they could enter the city. On this, common leaders have given their own reactions, and Rahul Gandhi, who is the Congress Chief, says that this is unacceptable for climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. BJP does not have any other option.
Who is Sonam Wangchuk?
Sonam Wangchuk is a climate activist as well as an Indian engineer, innovator, and education reformist. He is the founder of the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh. His biography motivated people a lot, and people wanted the opposite of him. Wangchuk has been working in education reform for more than 30 years.
What is Sonam Wangchuk Ladakh’s demand?
After the removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the state was divided into two parts, and Ladakh was introduced as a Union Territory without an Assembly. Due to being a Union Territory without an Assembly, the status of the special state ended.
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Their second demand is adequate representation in government jobs and land rights demand for full statehood status in addition to the Sixth Schedule. Sonam Wangchuk has been leading this along with the people of Ladakh since 2019. He has already done a 21-day hunger strike in March 2024.
In its election manifesto in 2019, BJP had promised to give Ladakh the status of a state and include it in the Sixth Schedule. BJP has not fulfilled even a single promise. People are angry about these things. Talks were also going on between Sonam Wangchuk’s central government, which was not successful.
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