‘Himalayas extra vital than few completely happy corporators’: Sonam Wangchuk on his 5-day starvation strike

By PTI

LEH: Hundreds of individuals on Monday joined training reformist Sonam Wangchuk on the ultimate day of his five-day starvation strike right here in help of the demand for numerous safeguards for Ladakh, together with extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to the Union territory.

Prominent amongst those that joined Wangchuk, an engineer whose life impressed a personality in Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots, had been leaders of the Leh Apex Body of Peoples Movement for Sixth Schedule and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA).

The apex physique and KDA, a separate amalgam of socio-religious, political and youth organisations, are collectively spearheading a marketing campaign to press for his or her four-point calls for which embody full statehood and safeguards beneath the Sixth Schedule to the area.

“Today is the last day of my symbolic carbon-neutral climatic fast and I am thankful to the people for joining me. The fast was an attempt to invite the attention of Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) so that our leaders can brief him about their concerns and demands,” Wangchuk advised reporters on the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives Ladakh (HIAL) campus.

Wangchuk stated safeguarding the Himalayas, together with its glaciers, ought to be extra vital than making some “corporators happy” as it’s having a direct bearing on the folks of the sub-continent.

GOOD MORNING WORLD!
This the final day of my #carbonneutral #ClimateFast to #SaveLadakh & it is glaciers in #sixthSchedule
100s wl be a part of me right here for 1 day quick
Here r displays on how my quick is #CarbonNeutral@narendramodi @AmitShah @UNFCCC @ClimateReality @LeoDiCaprio @UNFCCC @UNEP pic.twitter.com/uB5a2Skjpn

— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) January 30, 2023

“The government needs to have a futuristic plan for safeguarding the environment of the Himalayas. It should also keep its promise of extending the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to Ladakh,” he stated.

Wangchuk threatened to accentuate his protest in case there was no response from the federal government.

“This was just a symbolic protest and if there was no response, I will go on a hunger strike for 10 days, later 15 days and so on till my last breath.”

Former MP and Chairman of the Leh Apex Body of Peoples Movement for Sixth Schedule Thupstan Chhewang introduced a grand rally on January 31 towards the “failure of the government to protect the identity and culture of Ladakh”.

On January 15, the Apex Body and the KDA collectively staged a protest in Jammu in help of their calls for, together with the safety of land and jobs, and introduced an identical protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi within the third week of February.

LEH: Hundreds of individuals on Monday joined training reformist Sonam Wangchuk on the ultimate day of his five-day starvation strike right here in help of the demand for numerous safeguards for Ladakh, together with extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to the Union territory.

Prominent amongst those that joined Wangchuk, an engineer whose life impressed a personality in Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots, had been leaders of the Leh Apex Body of Peoples Movement for Sixth Schedule and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA).

The apex physique and KDA, a separate amalgam of socio-religious, political and youth organisations, are collectively spearheading a marketing campaign to press for his or her four-point calls for which embody full statehood and safeguards beneath the Sixth Schedule to the area.

“Today is the last day of my symbolic carbon-neutral climatic fast and I am thankful to the people for joining me. The fast was an attempt to invite the attention of Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) so that our leaders can brief him about their concerns and demands,” Wangchuk advised reporters on the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives Ladakh (HIAL) campus.

Wangchuk stated safeguarding the Himalayas, together with its glaciers, ought to be extra vital than making some “corporators happy” as it’s having a direct bearing on the folks of the sub-continent.

GOOD MORNING WORLD!
This the final day of my #carbonneutral #ClimateFast to #SaveLadakh & it is glaciers in #sixthSchedule
100s wl be a part of me right here for 1 day quick
Here r displays on how my quick is #CarbonNeutral@narendramodi @AmitShah @UNFCCC @ClimateReality @LeoDiCaprio @UNFCCC @UNEP pic.twitter.com/uB5a2Skjpn
— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) January 30, 2023
“The government needs to have a futuristic plan for safeguarding the environment of the Himalayas. It should also keep its promise of extending the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to Ladakh,” he stated.

Wangchuk threatened to accentuate his protest in case there was no response from the federal government.

“This was just a symbolic protest and if there was no response, I will go on a hunger strike for 10 days, later 15 days and so on till my last breath.”

Former MP and Chairman of the Leh Apex Body of Peoples Movement for Sixth Schedule Thupstan Chhewang introduced a grand rally on January 31 towards the “failure of the government to protect the identity and culture of Ladakh”.

On January 15, the Apex Body and the KDA collectively staged a protest in Jammu in help of their calls for, together with the safety of land and jobs, and introduced an identical protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi within the third week of February.