As Ladakh recovers from tragedy of 24 September violence, demands for statehood & Sixth Schedule protections persist. People fear loss of cultural identity, land rights & ecological balance.
Wangchuk was expected to address the press in Leh. His office earlier in the day said he would do so virtually but the activist was arrested before he could address the press.
Protests over demands for statehood & extension of the Sixth Schedule to Ladakh turned violent Wednesday. Protesters torched the local BJP office and a police van.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, 130 others were detained Monday night at Delhi-Singhu border. They are demanding 6th Schedule that would give tribals a greater say in administration.
While protesters in Ladakh are demanding protection under Sixth Schedule, govt officials say the schedule may give greater autonomy in principle but comes with its own challenges.
It’s been more than a month since people in Ladakh gathered in Leh for a peaceful protest to demand statehood, separate legislature & inclusion of UT in Sixth Schedule.
From 1947 until now, we as a nation have accommodated democratic aspirations by making necessary adjustments in our maps, boundaries, and special provisions. Let’s do the same for Ladakh
Brig. B. D. Mishra (retd.), who took over from L-G R. K. Mathur, has a tough task in hand. Agitators are up against bureaucracy rule & bent on four core demands including statehood.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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