A number of opposition leaders, together with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Arvind Kejriwal, strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) authorities for detaining environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk and roughly 150 volunteers.
Whereas Kharge described the motion in opposition to Wangchuk as “cowardly” and “undemocratic,” Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned that the BJP wouldn’t achieve something from it.
Wangchuk and his group had been detained as they had been about to complete their march from Leh to New Delhi, the place they supposed to voice their issues and demand that the federal government reopen dialogue with Ladakh’s management.
Kharge in his X publish mentioned, “The conceitedness of the Modi authorities consumed in energy has detained a gaggle 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 help, with widespread requires safeguarding tribal communities beneath the Sixth Schedule of the Structure. As a substitute, the Modi Govt needs to take advantage of the ecologically delicate Himalayan glaciers of Ladakh to learn its crony mates. This incident tells us that the combat in opposition to Modi Govt’s brazen despotism is much from over!”
Arvind Kejriwal sharing Wangchuk’s video on X mentioned, “Typically they cease farmers from coming to Delhi, generally they cease individuals from Ladakh. Is Delhi the property of 1 individual? Delhi is the nation’s capital. Everybody has the proper to return to Delhi. That is utterly fallacious. Why are they afraid of unarmed peaceable individuals?”
Akhilesh Yadav criticised the BJP authorities and mentioned that “BJP is not going to get something” from this. In his X publish 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 take heed to the voice of the border, will probably be referred to 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 induced 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 fearful 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 giant corporates. This protest is months previous, and the BJP is foolish to assume 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 induced their downfall,” Venugoal wrote in a publish on X.
Ladakh MP Haji Hanifa Jan additionally expressed deep concern over the federal government’s dealing with of the continuing points within the area.
He urged the federal government to facilitate a platform the place they may submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Modi or have interaction in talks with management to resolve the problems.
“For the final three years, now we have been elevating our issues in a really peaceable method…a number of rounds of discussions had 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 beneath 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 could be heard. However sadly, Sonam Wangchuk and his crew had been detained yesterday…We urge the federal government to offer us a spot from the place we will submit a memorandum to PM Modi or maintain talks with the management to resolve this subject,” Ladakh MP Haji Hanifa Jan mentioned.
