Climate Activist Sonam Wangchuk’s Fast Against Union Government’s Detention

• Sonam Wangchuk, released from police detention, plans to fast if top Union government leaders do not meet him.
• He has requested resuming talks on constitutional safeguards for Ladakh with the Home Ministry.
• Wangchuk’s fast conditions include being taken to Rajghat on October 2 and meeting one of the country’s top three leaders.
• He argues that local democracy at the grassroots is crucial for local people to manage their environment.
• Wangchuk criticizes the government’s offer of panchayats to sixth schedule areas of the North East, arguing that without such a system, the Union Territory administration will struggle to develop the area.