Sonam Wangchuk was arrested under NSA for allegedly instigating 24 Sept violence amid pro-statehood stir in Leh. But for his family & native village Uleytokpo, he's their 'Gandhi'.
Ladakh L-G has defended the police action which killed four civilians, saying if ‘they had not opened fire, the protesters would have burnt down the entire UT’.
India was fighting both China and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. In such a situation, it is utter folly to alienate key border regions like Ladakh and Manipur.
King Singay Namgyal Chowk, which leads to the funeral ground, was covered with barbed wire barricades and security personnel, some of them in riot gear, lining the road.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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