The Ladakh unit of the Congress has said that all the negative publicity and false allegations against Sonam Wangchuk, the local people would not believe it and emphasized that the climate activists have become the most prominent and vocal face of the Ladakh movement.
The Congress said that if the government believes that the arrest of Wangchuk will help in restoring peace and harmony in the area, then it is making a big mistake. Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) on Friday (September 26, 2025) and has been kept in Jodhpur Jail in Rajasthan.
4 protesters killed in Ladakh violence
Two days ago, the performance of people demanding to give Ladakh full state status and include in the sixth schedule became violent and widespread violence spread in the Union Territory. Four protesters were killed and 90 others were injured in these clashes.
Congress’s Ladakh unit president Naveen Rigjin Jora said in a statement, “The Congress strongly condemns the unfair arrest of the popular worker. He had only one fault that he held Ladakh accountable for the election promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to include Ladakh in the sixth schedule of the Constitution.
Wangchuk on the path of Mahatma Gandhi
In the statement, Nawang said, ‘He was also playing an important role in raising other demands of’ Leh Apex Body-Kargil Democratic Alliance ‘. These demands include full state status, different parliamentary seats for Leh and Kargil and recruitment in government jobs. According to the data of the Government of India, Ladakh has the second highest unemployment rate at graduation level.
He said that Wangchuk has done Satyagraha, fast and padyatra in the last five years, following the path of Mahatma Gandhi. He has become the most prominent and outspoken face of the Ladakh movement and hence knocking in the eyes of the central government.
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