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Govt Issues First Statement on Ladakh Clashes, Says Sonam Wangchuk’s ‘Provocative’ Speeches Incited Mob
Officials claim activist Sonam Wangchuk and Congress party strategies fueled the unrest that led to four deaths, describing the violence as a deliberately engineered political scheme.
- On 24 September 2025, violence erupted in Leh, Ladakh, killing at least four people as a mob from Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike torched the BJP office and a CRPF vehicle.
- Sonam Wangchuk started a hunger strike on September 10 to demand statehood, and the government had formed a High-Powered Committee with talks scheduled for October 6 and informal meetings on September 25 and 26.
- Anonymous government officials told reporters that the violence was engineered deliberately, the BJP circulated video alleging Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag instigated the mob, and authorities registered an FIR, detained 48 people, and said police opened fire in self-defence.
- Authorities imposed a curfew in Leh district, deployed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and CRPF with concertina wires, while the Ministry of Home Affairs urged restraint and asked the public not to share provocative footage.
- The unrest has intensified a political fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress party, as opposition leaders urged sensitive, on-ground analysis amid residents' long-standing insecurities about land, culture and resources.
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Leh Ladakh Protest | Bid to sabotage talks, mob was incited by Wangchuk: Centre
In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs, while urging people not to circulate “old and provocative videos”, said the government was “committed to the aspirations of the people of Ladakh by providing adequate constitutional safeguards”.
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The violence erupted when a large number of young protesters gathered at the NDS Memorial Ground in Leh. Some protesters began pelting stones at the BJP office and the Hill Council in Leh, setting the BJP office on fire. The Home Ministry stated that when the situation spiraled out of control, police opened fire in self-defense, resulting in the deaths of some people.
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C 20%
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