Ladakh violence: Government blames Wangchuk for provoking mob; says police fired in self-defence | India News

Sonam Wangchuk (PTI file picture)

NEW DELHI: The Union authorities on Wednesday stated activist Sonam Wangchuk was accountable for the continued violence in Ladakh. “It is clear that mob violence in Ladakh was guided by activist Sonam Wangchuk through his provocative statements,” the federal government stated in a press release quoted by PTI.The assertion got here after Wangchuk defended Congress in opposition to Amit Malviya’s cost that the celebration was behind the violence in Ladakh. Wangchuk stated, “Congress doesn’t have that kind of influence here to get 5,000 youth out on the roads. Yesterday, a Congress councillor went to a hospital in anger because two people from his village were brought there injured.”In a put up on X, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya requested whether or not Congress chief Rahul Gandhi wished this sort of unrest in Ladakh. “This man rioting in Ladakh is Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag, Congress Councillor for Upper Leh Ward. He can be clearly seen instigating the mob and participating in violence that targeted the BJP office and the Hill Council. Is this the kind of unrest Rahul Gandhi has been fantasising about?” Malviya stated whereas sharing the photographs and movies of Congress councillor.

Ladakh lieutenant governor Kavinder Gupta additionally alleged conspiracy behind the statehood protest in Leh turning violent, claiming individuals have been being incited by drawing parallels with the youth-led actions in Bangladesh and Nepal that toppled governments there.Wangchuk known as off his 15-day starvation strike on Wednesday after the demonstrations demanding statehood for Ladakh turned violent. He known as the protest a “Gen Z revolution”, a time period popularised by the latest youth-led demonstrations that toppled the federal government in Nepal.Protest in the Union Territory is gathering tempo demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule standing for Ladakh which was carved out from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. At least 4 individuals died and 20 injured after the demonstrations turned lethal.