NEW DELHI, Oct 2: Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was detained by the Delhi Police, has been launched from Bawana Police Station on Wednesday (October 2, 2024). A workforce of Delhi Police escorted him to Rajghat the place he’s anticipated to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the event of Gandhi Jayanti.
Mr. Wangchuk, together with round 120 others from Ladakh, was detained on Monday (September 30, 2024) night time, on the Delhi-Haryana border.
Mr. Wangchuk and his supporters had been detained whereas marching from Leh to Delhi to demand constitutional safeguards for Ladakh. The march, which started on September 1, was set to culminate at Rajghat on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi’s beginning anniversary.
Earlier, Ladakh’s Member of Parliament, Mohmad Haneefa, was launched by the Delhi police, the MP confirmed.
Mr. Haneefa was detained by Delhi police on Tuesday (October 1, 2024), a day after greater than hundred protesters from Ladakh, together with Sonam Wangchuk, had been held on the Delhi-Haryana border.
On October 1, The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) and Apex Physique, Leh had known as for a bandh throughout Ladakh following the detention of famend activist Sonam Wangchuk on Monday (September 30, 2024) night time. Retailers in Ladakh had been noticed closed as residents demanded Mr. Wangchuk’s launch and advocate for the sixth schedule to safeguard the area’s rights.
Mr. Wangchuk and different volunteers had launched into a foot march from Leh to New Delhi to induce the Centre to renew dialogue with Ladakh’s management relating to their calls for.
One among their key calls for is for Ladakh to be included within the Sixth Schedule of the Structure, granting law-making powers to the native inhabitants to guard their land and cultural identification.
The march was organised by the Leh Apex Physique (LAB) in coordination with the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), each of which have been main an agitation for the previous 4 years. (Companies)