{"id":184546,"date":"2025-09-29T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=184546"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:12:04","slug":"omar-questions-indias-sudden-bid-to-link-sonam-wangchuk-with-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/09\/29\/omar-questions-indias-sudden-bid-to-link-sonam-wangchuk-with-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"Omar questions India\u2019s sudden bid to link Sonam Wangchuk with Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi: Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has lambasted India for abruptly branding Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk as having \u201cPakistan links,\u201d saying the same figure was until recently hailed as an environmental warrior by the Modi regime.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at the launch of senior journalist Harinder Baweja\u2019s book They Will Shoot You, Madam: My Life Through Conflict, Omar said that New Delhi is betraying both Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir by failing to fulfil promises and delaying the restoration of statehood, thereby deepening mistrust in the region.<\/p>\n

He said India had misled Ladakhis with \u201cimpossible\u201d assurances, including the Sixth Schedule, just to ensure their participation in elections. \u201cEveryone knew giving Sixth Schedule to Ladakh was nearly impossible for a region sharing frontiers with China and Pakistan. Yet, promises were made only to get electoral participation,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

He criticised the abrupt shift in stance towards Ladakhi leaders, particularly climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. \u201cUntil yesterday, he was being praised as an environmental warrior and thanked for supporting UT status in 2019. Suddenly, he is being linked with Pakistan. Where did this connection come from?\u201d Omar asked, referring to the smear campaign against Wangchuk who was recently detained under the black law National Security Act (NSA) after protests turned violent, leaving four people dead and many injured.<\/p>\n

On occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Omar accused India of backtracking on its own three-stage roadmap. \u201cYou said first delimitation, then elections, then statehood. The first two are done, but the third has gone nowhere. And then you wonder why there is a trust deficit,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

He cautioned that the trust deficit was eroding public faith. He also criticised attempts to link restoration of statehood with incidents like the Pahalgam attack. \u201cDoes Pakistan now decide whether J&K should have statehood?\u201d Omar asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has lambasted India for abruptly branding Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk as having \u201cPakistan links,\u201d saying the same figure was until recently hailed as an environmental warrior by the Modi regime. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at the launch of senior journalist …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-184546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t