Environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk along with 150 padyatris from the Ladakh region was detained by the Delhi Police on Monday evening.
Sonam Wangchuk informed on social media website ‘X’ that he was being detained by the police at Delhi border along with 150 padyatris.
He wrote on X, “Many elderly men and women in their 80s and few dozen Army veterans… Our fate is unknown. We were on a most peaceful march to Bapu’s Samadhi… in the largest democracy in the world, the mother of democracy… Hai Ram!”
I AM BEING DETAINED…
along with 150 padyatris
at Delhi Border, by a police force of 100s some say 1,000.
Many elderly men & women in their 80s and few dozen Army veterans…
Our fate is unknown.
We were on a most peaceful march to Bapu’s Samadhi… in the largest democracy… pic.twitter.com/iPZOJE5uuM— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) September 30, 2024
Sonam Wangchuk was marching toward the national capital as part of the ‘Delhi Chalo Padyatra’. They were protesting for their demands of statehood for Ladakh, the extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, the swift commencement of a recruitment process along with the establishment of a public service commission for Ladakh, and separate Lok Sabha seats for the districts of Leh and Kargil.
