Hope Lieutenant Governor, government work in harmony in J&K: Wangchuk

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who along with his supporters continued his indefinite hunger strike for the ninth day on Monday, hoped that the newly-elected government in Jammu and Kashmir will work in harmony with the Lieutenant Governor, and not allow the situation to become like Delhi.

Wangchuk, who has been sitting on fast since October 6 seeking a meeting with the top leadership to press for the demand to include Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, also hoped that statehood for Jammu and Kashmir will be restored soon even as he claimed that Ladakh did not have anything to do with J&K.

Asked about J&K set to get an elected government with the National Conference-Congress alliance winning the Assembly elections held recently after a gap of 10 years, Wangchuk said, “I hope both sides play an honest game otherwise J&K, which is now an Union Territory with a legislature, will become like Delhi with constant to and fro between the L-G and the chief minister.”

“I just hope there is a cordial way to manage Jammu and Kashmir. I also believe that J&K deserves to be reinstated as a full-fledged state. However, Ladakh is a separate UT which has very little to do with J&K,” he added.