{"id":186811,"date":"2025-10-30T11:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=186811"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:50:18","slug":"modi-regime-detained-sonam-wangchuk-to-keep-him-out-of-talks-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/10\/30\/modi-regime-detained-sonam-wangchuk-to-keep-him-out-of-talks-wife.html","title":{"rendered":"Modi regime detained Sonam Wangchuk to keep him out of talks: Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-186812\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"214\" \/>New Delhi: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of renowned Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, has said that the Indian government detained her husband under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) because it did not want him to participate in talks over Ladakh\u2019s political demands, fearing he would be an uncompromising voice for the people.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Angmo told reporters in New Delhi that the Indian govt viewed Wangchuk as a \u201ctough nut to crack\u201d and sought to sideline him from the ongoing discussions between Ladakhi leaders, represented by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), and the government in Delhi regarding the region&#8217;s political future.<\/p>\n<p>Wangchuk, a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, was detained on September 26\u2014two days after protests demanding statehood and constitutional safeguards for Ladakh turned violent, leaving four people dead and nearly 90 injured.<\/p>\n<p>Angmo said her husband was not a member of either the LAB or KDA but was unilaterally included by both bodies in July due to his credibility and advocacy for Ladakh\u2019s rights. \u201cThe government feared that if he was part of the talks, he would insist on what is best for Ladakh and refuse to settle for symbolic assurances,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the government\u2019s intent behind the detention was to weaken the negotiating front and \u201ccome up with suboptimal solutions.\u201d \u201cThey knew he wouldn\u2019t return with lollipops,\u201d she remarked, describing the move as \u201ca smokescreen and drama\u201d to prevent his participation in the dialogue process.<\/p>\n<p>Angmo, who has challenged the detention before the Supreme Court of India, said the NSA order against Wangchuk was based on misquoted and outdated statements, many of which were over a year old. \u201cNone of the videos cited are from the protest ground. In fact, in one clip, he clearly says, \u2018we will not do it that way\u2019\u2014calling for peaceful protest,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of renowned Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, has said that the Indian government detained her husband under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) because it did not want him to participate in talks over Ladakh\u2019s political demands, fearing he would be an uncompromising voice for the people. According to Kashmir &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":186812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/d.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186811","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=186811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186821,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186811\/revisions\/186821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}