Sonam Wangchuk has been protesting to advocate for constitutional safeguards for the Union Territory, as well as protection for Ladakh from industrial and mining lobbyists.

“250 people slept hungry in -12°C to remind the Indian Government of their promises to safegurad Ladakh’s environment and its tribal indigenous culture. This Government likes to call India the ‘Mother of Democracy’. But if India denies democratic rights to people of Ladakh, then it could only be called a Stepmother of Democracy,” Wangchuk, Ladakh-based engineer and educator, wrote in his post on X.

He made a direct appeal to the government to fulfil its pledge to put Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and provide statehood to the province.