{"id":11655,"date":"2026-04-13T22:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11655"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:32:40","slug":"130244870-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11655","title":{"rendered":"Sonam Wangchuk: Wangchuk renews push for talks, says Ladakh &#8216;hangs between trust and mistrust&#8217; | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130244857,imgsize-833596,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Wangchuk renews push for talks, says Ladakh 'hangs between trust and mistrust'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: Environmentalist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sonam-wangchuk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sonam Wangchuk<\/a> urged the Centre Monday to initiate dialogue on Ladakh\u2019s key issues, issuing the appeal almost a month after his release from jail and saying the Union territory is \u201changing between trust and mistrust\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cToday marks a month since the revocation of my National Security Act (NSA) detention. The revocation gave us hope that the Centre was willing to correct past mistakes as it spoke of \u201cbuilding mutual trust\u201d for a constructive and meaningful dialogue,\u201d Wangchuk said in a statement from Leh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Wangchuk was arrested and charged under NSA over violence in Leh in Sept last year during protests for statehood and Sixth Schedule status and kept in Jodhpur jail.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>On Monday, Wangchuk pointed out that over two months had passed since the last dialogue with the Centre on Feb 4, and no date had been set for the next round of talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cShady entities are using this gap to sow seeds of Leh-Kargil (Buddhist-Muslim) divide. As people in this sensitive border region grow disheartened, I urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to take timely measures in national interest to resolve the issues at the earliest,\u201d Wangchuk said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Wangchuk had called for resumption of dialogue in his first public speech in Leh on March 22 after his release, advocating \u201ca win-win approach\u201d of flexibility by both Ladakhi leaders and the Centre. In Kargil on April 5, Wangchuk declared that Ladakhi leaders would approach the talks with an \u201copen heart and mind\u201d, continuing to raise their demands forcefully but with a flexible approach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The Union home ministry (MHA) had revoked Wangchuk\u2019s NSA detention last month and affirmed the Centre\u2019s commitment to \u201cconstructive engagement and dialogue\u201d to resolve the region\u2019s issues.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Four people were killed and more than 80 injured in alleged police firing on protesters in Leh demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards on Sept 24, 2025. Wangchuk was accused of inciting the protesters through speeches.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The first round of talks between an MHA panel and Ladakhi representatives was held in Delhi on Oct 22 last year after the Centre ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged firing. Another round of talks took place on Feb 4 but remained \u201cinconclusive\u201d. This has led to calls for fresh talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/wangchuk-renews-push-for-talks-says-ladakh-hangs-between-trust-and-mistrust\/articleshow\/130244870.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR: Environmentalist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk urged the Centre Monday to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,723,719,720,721,17949,17990,1113,28408,1111,28407,722],"class_list":["post-11655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-ladakh","tag-leh-apex-body","tag-national-security-act","tag-sixth-schedule","tag-sonam-wangchuk","tag-statehood","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}