A number of opposition leaders, together with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Arvind Kejriwal, strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) authorities for detaining environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk and roughly 150 volunteers.
Whereas Kharge described the motion towards Wangchuk as “cowardly” and “undemocratic,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned that the BJP wouldn’t acquire something from it.
Wangchuk and his group have been detained as they have been about to complete their march from Leh to New Delhi, the place they meant to voice their issues and demand that the federal government reopen dialogue with Ladakh’s management.
Kharge in his X submit mentioned, “The vanity of the Modi authorities consumed in energy has detained a bunch of residents from Ladakh peacefully marching to Delhi. That is nothing however a cowardly motion, and is deeply undemocratic in nature. In Ladakh, there’s a rising wave of public assist, with widespread requires safeguarding tribal communities below the Sixth Schedule of the Structure. As a substitute, the Modi Govt needs to use the ecologically delicate Himalayan glaciers of Ladakh to profit its crony buddies. This incident tells us that the struggle towards Modi Govt’s brazen despotism is way from over!”
Arvind Kejriwal sharing Wangchuk’s video on X mentioned, “Generally they cease farmers from coming to Delhi, typically they cease folks from Ladakh. Is Delhi the property of 1 individual? Delhi is the nation’s capital. Everybody has the proper to come back to Delhi. That is utterly flawed. Why are they afraid of unarmed peaceable folks?”
Akhilesh Yadav criticised the BJP authorities and mentioned that “BJP won’t get something” from this. In his X submit he mentioned, “Those that are afraid of peace are scared from inside. The BJP authorities can’t obtain something by obstructing the peaceable Delhi go to of environmentalist and Ladakh well-wisher Sonam Wangchuk ji. If the Centre doesn’t hearken to the voice of the border, it is going to be known as its political deafness.”
Congress MP KC Venugopal echoed Kharge’s sentiments and mentioned that the BJP was on the trail of repeating the sins which have prompted its downfall.
“A day earlier than Gandhi Jayanti, the Authorities of India is out to kill his beliefs as soon as once more. The arrest of Sonam wangchuk ji reveals the federal government is petrified of anybody who speaks up for his or her rights. Ladakh has been silenced, stripped of its democratic rights, and on the verge of being handed over to massive corporates. This protest is months previous, and the BJP is foolish to suppose such petty acts of cowardice are going to discourage those that have launched into a Gandhian mission. The Modi regime is hell bent on repeating the sins which have prompted their downfall,” Venugoal wrote in a submit on X.
Ladakh MP Haji Hanifa Jan additionally expressed deep concern over the federal government’s dealing with of the continued points within the area.
He urged the federal government to facilitate a platform the place they might submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Modi or have interaction in talks with management to resolve the problems.
“For the final three years, we now have been elevating our issues in a really peaceable method…a number of rounds of discussions have been additionally held with the federal government…we hoped that the talks would proceed after the formation of the brand new authorities but it surely didn’t occur…We set out on foot from Leh below the banner of Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) and Apex Physique with the hope that we might current our views to the central authorities within the nationwide capital and our issues can be heard. However sadly, Sonam Wangchuk and his workforce have been detained yesterday…We urge the federal government to offer us a spot from the place we are able to submit a memorandum to PM Modi or maintain talks with the management to resolve this problem,” Ladakh MP Haji Hanifa Jan mentioned.
