Rahul Gandhi He attributed the duty for the detention to PM Narendra Modi.
New Delhi:
The Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday criticised the Delhi Police’s detention of local weather activist Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters on the Singhu border, describing it as “unacceptable.”
“The detention of Sonam Wangchuk ji and lots of of Ladakhis who had been peacefully marching for environmental and constitutional rights is unacceptable,” Rahul Gandhi acknowledged in a put up on X.
He attributed the duty for the detention to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Why are aged residents being detained at Delhi’s border for standing up for Ladakh’s future? Modi ji, as with the farmers, this ‘Chakravyuh’ will probably be damaged, and so will your conceitedness. You’ll have to hearken to Ladakh’s voice,” he added.
The detention of Sonam Wangchuk ji and lots of 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
Mr Wangchuk and his supporters had been detained by Delhi Police on late Monday evening. Part 163 of the BNS has been imposed on the Delhi borders, Delhi Police introduced.
Mr Wangchuk additionally shared information of his detention on the social media platform ‘X’.
“I AM BEING DETAINED… together with 150 padyatris at Delhi Border, by a police power of lots of, some say 1,000. Many aged males & girls of their 80s and some dozen Military veterans… Our destiny is unknown. We had been on essentially the most peaceable march to Bapu’s Samadhi… within the largest democracy on the planet, the mom of democracy… Hai Ram!” Sonam Wangchuk posted.
I AM BEING DETAINED…
together with 150 padyatris
at Delhi Border, by a police power of 100s some say 1,000.
Many aged males & girls of their 80s and few dozen Military veterans…
Our destiny is unknown.
We had been on a most peaceable march to Bapu’s Samadhi… within the largest democracy… pic.twitter.com/iPZOJE5uuM— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) September 30, 2024
Activist Wangchuk and different volunteers launched into a foot march from Leh to New Delhi to induce the Centre to renew dialogue with Ladakh’s management relating to their calls for.
One in all their key calls for is for Ladakh to be included within the Sixth Schedule of the Structure, which might grant law-making powers to the native inhabitants to guard their land and cultural identification.
The march started in Leh on September 1. Earlier, on reaching Himachal Pradesh on September 14, Mr Wangchuk emphasised their mission’s objective.
“We’re on a mission to remind the federal government of the promise it made to us 5 years in the past,” he acknowledged.
Sonam Wangchuk has advocated for statehood, inclusion underneath the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Structure–which grants particular rights to tribal communities–and stronger ecological protections for Ladakh.
Beforehand, Sonam Wangchuk accomplished a nine-day quick in Leh to attract the authorities’ consideration to the significance of safeguarding Ladakh’s fragile mountain ecology and indigenous individuals.
After the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was break up into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
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