Days after the "honorary cockroach" remark by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the Ladakh Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena said Wangchuk has agreed to revisit his stand on the contentious political narrative, if necessary.
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was given a rousing reception on his return to Leh on Sunday after being released from the Jodhpur Central Jail following the revocation of his detention under the National Security Act. He was accompanied by his wife, Gitanjali J Angmo.
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday welcomed the Union Home Ministry's decision to revoke the detention of social activist Sonam Wangchuk and said that it was a positive step by the central government towards fostering an environment of peace, harmony, stability and mutual trust in the region.
Sources said that the BJP high command might assign him some important assignment in the party setup during the assembly polls in West Bengal.
The Supreme Court will hear the petition challenging the detention of Ladakh-based climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA) on Wednesday.
The Board, headed by Justice MK Hanjura (Retired) of the J&K High Court, on Friday met Wangchuk in the Jodhpur Central Jail and held a hearing of the case.
Justice Hanjura Commission - inquiring into the violence during a demonstration in Leh last month and related incidents, landed here by an Air India flight.
They also demanded immediate release of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was detained on September 26 under the National Security Act (NSA) and lodged in the Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan.
However, Kargil witnessed a peaceful silent march, with KDA leaders condemning the restrictions in Leh and welcoming the announcement of a judicial probe into the 24 September police firing that left four people dead and over 90 injured.
