{"id":184570,"date":"2025-09-29T12:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=184570"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:36:11","slug":"india-turns-ladakh-into-a-nightmare-for-sane-voices-under-bjps-hindutva-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/09\/29\/india-turns-ladakh-into-a-nightmare-for-sane-voices-under-bjps-hindutva-rule.html","title":{"rendered":"India turns Ladakh into a nightmare for sane voices under BJP\u2019s Hindutva rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-184572\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/lad-hin-383x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/lad-hin-383x220.jpg 383w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/lad-hin-780x448.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/lad-hin-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/lad-hin.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>Leh: The arrest of Ladakh\u2019s most respected voice, engineer and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk, under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) has sparked outrage across India, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slamming the BJP regime for treating defenders of land, rights and environment as \u201cthreats to national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Sonam Wangchuk, known globally for his eco-friendly innovations and advocacy for Ladakh\u2019s rights, was rounded up days after Indian forces shot dead four protesters and injured over 90 in Leh on September 24. He has now been lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail, with authorities accusing him of \u201cinciting violence\u201d and linking him to Pakistan\u2014allegations dismissed outright by his wife, Gitanjali Angmo, who termed the charges \u201cbaseless\u201d and blamed CRPF\u2019s brutal actions for the escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, said the Modi government\u2019s action revealed the reality of Hindutva politics. \u201cLadakh\u2019s amazing people, culture, and traditions are under attack by the BJP and RSS. Ladakhis asked for a voice. The BJP responded by killing 4 young men and jailing Sonam Wangchuk. Stop the killing. Stop the violence. Stop the intimidation. Give Ladakh a voice. Give them the 6th Schedule,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Observers note that in Modi\u2019s India, speaking the truth is equated with sedition and demanding rights is met with imprisonment. While innovators like Wangchuk are jailed, real extremists roam free. From eco-activist to \u201cenemy of India,\u201d Wangchuk\u2019s case has exposed the saffronisation of India\u2019s justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Political analysts stressed that such tactics are not new. Leaders from Kashmir valley like Masarrat Aalam Butt, Yasin Malik and Aasia Andrabi have been kept behind bars for years under fabricated cases. \u201cThe unfolding of Wangchuk\u2019s case only reinforces India\u2019s pattern of silencing sane voices by painting them as terrorists,\u201d one analyst remarked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Leh: The arrest of Ladakh\u2019s most respected voice, engineer and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk, under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) has sparked outrage across India, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slamming the BJP regime for treating defenders of land, rights and environment as \u201cthreats to national security.\u201d According to Kashmir Media Service, Sonam Wangchuk, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ladakh-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/lad-hin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184573,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184570\/revisions\/184573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}