Sonam Wangchuk: BJP Backtracked On Its Promise In Ladakh, We Will Put Equal And Opposite Pressure

Exclusive Interview: China & Indian corporates are taking away Ladakh’s grazing lands, heavy militarisation along LAC proving harmful for Himalayan ecology — Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk tells ABP.

Sonam Wangchuk was on a 21-day hunger strike to push the Modi government to give Ladakh statehood and bring the UT under the Sixth Schedule. ( Image Source :Nayanima Basu/ABP Live )

Leh, Ladakh: Environmentalist and education reformist Sonam Wangchuk was on a 21-day long hunger strike to push the Narendra Modi government to give Ladakh statehood and bring the Union Territory (UT) under the Sixth Schedule of Article 244 of the Indian Constitution, facilitating the creation of autonomous district councils to give Ladakhis legislative, judicial and administrative powers. Sitting at his institution Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), located on the outskirts of