Leh protest to intensify, Wangchuk says he is under house detention

NewsIndia NewsLeh protest to intensify, Wangchuk says he is under house detention Leh protest to intensify, Wangchuk says he is under house detention SRINAGAR: The Leh Apex Body’s (LAB) indefinite dharna entered its second day on Friday as protests intensified against govt’s decision to hold Ladakh hill council elections on Dec 4 despite opposition from LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), two major political organisations in the Union Territory.

Addressing people, LAB co-chairman Chering Dorjay Lakrook said the dharna would intensify from Saturday with a hunger strike led by religious heads.KDA leaders, including co-chairman Sajjad Kargili, arrived in Leh Friday evening.

Kargili said they would join the Join conversation InsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig Development protest on Saturday at NDS memorial park. He also said his delegation would try to meet LAB member and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk.In a video message posted on X, Wangchuk said he had been forcibly confined to his residence.

He said the Ladakh DGP had written on X that “Wangchuk has been advised to stay at his residence in view of the prohibitory orders issued by the chief electoral officer, UT Ladakh, and the district magistrate, Leh.” However, Wangchuk said that when he attempted to step out of his residence to establish whether he was under house arrest or merely advised to stay at home, police personnel did not allow him to proceed.

Wangchuk said the incident demonstrated that he had been placed under house detention.On Thursday evening, the Leh DM had issued an order imposing preventive restrictions on Wangchuk for 60 days following a request from the police, which expressed apprehensions that his activities could disturb public order.

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