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Sonam Wangchuk’s decision to join CJP protest organic, says wife Gitanjali Angmo

Sonam Wangchuk’s decision to join CJP protest organic, says wife Gitanjali Angmo

File picture of Gitanjali J. Angmo | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Climate-activist Sonam Wangchuk’s decision to join the protest started by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) was “organic”, his wife Gitanjali J. Angmo said. Ms. Angmo told The Hindu that since CJP is a youth-led movement, Mr. Wangchuk wanted to ensure that the cause is not sabotaged by “nefarious” elements and the movement does not go astray. The protest at Jantar Mantar against irregularities in the NEET examination and to seek the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan entered its 26th day on Wednesday. “He is passionate about education. When he came to know about the social media movement and the discontent of the youth, he connected with the issue. It all happened in an organic way. He wants to hand-hold them and wants every well-meaning person to join the movement,” Ms. Angmo said. Before joining the CJP protest, Mr. Wangchuk was involved in a movement initiated by Ladakh’s civil society leaders to demand constitutional safeguards such as statehood and inclusion of Ladakh …

Govt seeking dates as no merit in NSA case against Sonam Wangchuk, says wife Gitanjali Angmo| India News

Govt seeking dates as no merit in NSA case against Sonam Wangchuk, says wife Gitanjali Angmo| India News

New Delhi, Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest reflects the state of democracy in the country where power is used to “illegally detain” people, his wife Gitanjali Angmo said, asserting that he should already be out of prison due to “procedural lapses” by authorities. Govt seeking dates as no merit in NSA case against Sonam Wangchuk, says wife Gitanjali Angmo In an interview with PTI, Angmo alleged that the Solicitor General has been seeking “dates after dates” as they have realised that there is “no merit in the case”. Angmo, who co-founded the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh, with Wangchuk, said that it’s an “open and shut case”. Wangchuk, a Magsaysay Award-winning climate activist and educator, was detained under the stringent National Security Act on September 26, two days after protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union territory, and was taken to Jodhpur jail. “…it’s not just about Sonam Wangchuk as an individual, but about the state of democracy in this country, about the …