Social activist Sonam Wangchuk.
New Delhi: Social activist Sonam Wangchuk has been detained by Delhi Police from Singhu Border. He was entering Delhi while carrying out his 700 km long ‘Delhi Chalo Padyatra’. He had announced to visit Rajghat, the tomb of Mahatma Gandhi. Wangchuk was accompanied by about 150 people from Ladakh. The police have also detained him. Wangchuk was marching towards Delhi demanding the granting of Sixth Schedule status to the Union Territory of Ladakh, for which a large number of police personnel were deployed at the Singhu border.
Police told the reason for taking into custody
According to the police, despite Section 163 being imposed in Delhi, everyone was entering the borders of Delhi together. Some protestors, including Wangchuk, were taken to Narela Industrial Area Police Station in Delhi. After being detained, Wangchuk posted on X, ‘I am being detained along with 150 pedestrians. There are 100 policemen on the Delhi border, some people are saying that there are 1000 policemen. There are many elderly men and women above 80 years of age and many army veterans. We don’t know what will happen next. We were on the most peaceful march to Bapu’s Samadhi in the world’s largest democracy.
Rahul Gandhi gave a sharp reaction on X
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi has expressed a sharp reaction regarding the matter of detention of Sonam Wangchuk. Rahul wrote on social media, ‘Detaining Sonam Wangchuk ji and hundreds of Ladakhis who are marching peacefully for environment and constitutional rights is not acceptable. Why are the elders who are standing for the future of Ladakh being detained on the Delhi border? Modi ji, like the farmers, this Chakravyuh will also be broken and your ego will also be broken. You have to listen to the voice of Ladakh.
