Sonam Wangchuk announces Pashmina March by foot in Ladakh from April 17 on Ram Navami
Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday informed that Pashmina March towards the grazing lands and Line of Actual Control between India and China will start on April 17, on the day of Ram Navami.
Wangchuk, who along with scores of other people is on a protest in Leh for over six weeks now–demanding constitutional safeguards under sixth schedule and statehood for Ladakh– celebrated the birth anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar at the protest site. He stated that this was the apt opportunity to demand what is promised and enshrined in the constitution of the country.
“We want to remind this government of the promises it made in the last two elections. We hope that they will honour the teachings of Ramji as his true Bhakts and fulfil the promise made to the people of Ladakh,” said Wangchuk.
The award winning engineer informed that the Apex Body Leh, an amalgam of social, religious, business and political organisations in Leh, has decided to start Pashmina March from April 17, for at least ten days and around two dozen people will participate in this march on foot.
“It will be a peaceful march on foot…it will take us five to reach the grazing land that is being given away to the big corporations by the government without the consent from locals and then we will march towards the India-Tibet or India-China border if the government allows,” said Wangchuk.
Earlier, ABL had withdrawn the call for Pashmina March on April 7, in which thousands of people were expected to participate, in the wake of Ladakh administration’s move to deploy
