NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Atishi on Tuesday claimed that the police did not enable her to satisfy Ladakh local weather activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was detained at 1 am, on the orders of LG VK Saxena and stated that this “dictatorship will not be proper”.
Activist and schooling reformer Sonam Wangchuk, together with 150 Ladakhis, has been detained since Monday evening for allegedly violating prohibitory orders.Wangchuk is at present on his “Chalo Delhi Local weather March,” which he started in Leh on September 1.
Extending her authorities’s assist to Sonam Wangchuk, Atishi stated that the individuals of Delhi are with them and added that the LG rule ought to finish and each Ladakh and Delhi ought to get the standing of full state.
“I reached Bawana police station to satisfy Sonam Wangchuk ji and 150 brothers and sisters of Ladakh. Delhi police didn’t let me meet them. It’s being instructed that LG sahab referred to as and stated to not let me meet the elected Chief Minister. This dictatorship will not be proper,” Atishi stated in a publish on X.
“Sonam Wangchuk ji and the individuals of Ladakh are additionally preventing in opposition to LG rule, preventing to get full statehood standing for Ladakh. The individuals of Delhi stand with the individuals of Ladakh. LG rule ought to finish in Ladakh, LG rule must also finish in Delhi. Ladakh and Delhi ought to get the standing of a full state,” she added.
In the meantime, a public curiosity litigation (PIL) was filed within the Delhi Excessive Court docket at this time, difficult the detention of Wangchuk and others on the Delhi border.
The petitioner’s counsel talked about the matter for itemizing earlier than a bench comprising Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.
The courtroom declined to listing the matter on the identical day however agreed to schedule the listening to for October 3, offered the petition is so as by 3.30 pm.
Wangchuk and different volunteers had been on a foot march from Leh to New Delhi to induce the central authorities to renew dialogue with Ladakh’s management relating to their calls for.
One among their primary 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 Sixth Schedule of the Structure governs tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram in Northeast India. It establishes autonomous councils with legislative, judicial, govt, and monetary powers, permitting these areas to self-govern independently.
