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Wangchuk Threatens Hunger Strike or March Over Detained Protesters
Activist Sonam Wangchuk said many people were arrested after a protest in New Delhi.
The protest was organized by the Cockroach Janta Party and opposition leaders.
They wanted to speak about alleged problems with elections.
Wangchuk was not at the protest because he said he had important work in Ladakh.
He called the arrests an “undeclared Emergency.”
He hopes the people who were arrested will be released soon.
If they are not released by the next day, he may stop eating in protest or lead a march.
He also asked people to stay peaceful and work together.
Sonam Wangchuk said he may begin a hunger strike or lead a foot march if protesters detained at the CJP demonstration are not released by the next day.
The protest took place on October 10 in New Delhi, where CJP and opposition leaders had sought to demonstrate at Jantar Mantar.
Wangchuk described the mass detentions as an “undeclared Emergency” and said he had learned that the movement’s leaders had been arrested.
He had skipped the demonstration, saying he had important work in Ladakh, and urged leaders to remain united and young supporters to stay peaceful.
The protest concerned alleged electoral irregularities and purported collusion between the Election Commission and the ruling BJP; the article gives no response from those institutions.
- Who
- Sonam Wangchuk, CJP protesters and opposition leaders; detained participants included CJP's Abhijeet Dipke.
- What
- Wangchuk warned he may begin a hunger strike or lead a foot march if the detained protesters are not released.
- Where
- The protest was in New Delhi; Wangchuk said his work was continuing in Ladakh.
- When
- The protest was on October 10, 2026; Wangchuk said the detainees should be released by the next day.
- Why
- The protesters sought to raise alleged electoral irregularities and purported collusion between the Election Commission and the ruling BJP.
Key facts
- Protest date
- October 10, 2026
- Protest location
- Jantar Mantar, New Delhi; the protesters were stopped from demonstrating there.
- Wangchuk's warning
- He may undertake an Anshan (hunger strike) or a Padyatra (foot march) if detainees are not released by the next day.
- Detained participant named
- CJP's Abhijeet Dipke
- Issues raised by protest
- Alleged electoral irregularities and purported collusion between the Election Commission and the ruling BJP.
- Wangchuk's stated work
- In Ladakh, he said he was working on national security and winter preparations, including artificial glaciers and glacial lake flood security.
Quotes
Sonam Wangchuk
Climate activist who commented on the detentions in Delhi.
“Yesterday, when I gave you a message to maintain peace and unity in today’s demonstrations, I believed that a peaceful demonstration would be allowed in the world’s largest democracy. But now, it seems as if there is an unannounced emergency all over the country.”
theprint.in
“If arrests are not lifted in the next 24 hours, then even I will be compelled to think about a peaceful demonstration, whether it is a protest, a hunger strike, a march… in Leh, or in Delhi.”
theprint.in
Sources
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