{"id":9366,"date":"2026-04-05T20:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9366"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:15:44","slug":"130045022-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9366","title":{"rendered":"Ladakh talks with open mind and heart: Sonam Wangchuk | 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-130045073,imgsize-728492,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/image-ians.jpg\" alt=\"Ladakh talks with open mind and heart: Sonam Wangchuk\" title=\"Image: IANS \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">SRINAGAR:<\/span> Leh Apex Body (LAB) member and environmentalist <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> struck a moderate tone Sunday as he urged the Centre to restore democratic rights to the Union territory of Ladakh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201c&#8230;.We must keep an open mind and an open heart so that it does not become a question of \u2018we win, you lose\u2019 or \u2018you win, we lose\u2019. We have to adopt a middle path for a win-win situation,\u201d Wangchuk said at a press conference in Kargil after addressing a large gathering that reverberated with chants of \u201c<span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">sher aaya <\/span>(the lion has come) and \u201c<span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Hindustan Zindabad <\/span>(long live India)\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Wangchuk insisted that demands for statehood and Sixth Schedule status in Ladakh were within the Constitution but advocated a \u201cflexible approach\u201d in talks on these issues with the Centre.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cIn the next round of talks, Ladakhi leaders will continue to raise their demands forcefully but with a flexible approach. If in the next round we get nothing, the country will ask why there is no flexibility from the Centre,\u201d Wangchuk said, expressing readiness to join the talks if necessary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>A resolution to Ladakh\u2019s demands should be reached so that people focus on nation-building rather than protests, Wangchuk said. \u201cI am here to thank you for the support you extended when I was in jail under NSA,\u201d Wangchuk said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>He was referring to the nearly six months he spent in Jodhpur jail after his arrest over violence last Sept in Ladakh during protests for statehood and Sixth Schedule status. At least four people were killed and more than 80 injured in alleged police firing on the protesters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Wangchuk, booked under NSA on charges of inciting the protesters, was freed last month after the Union home ministry (MHA) revoked his detention 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=\"24\"\/>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=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/ladakh-talks-with-open-mind-and-heart-sonam-wangchuk\/articleshow\/130045022.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body (LAB) member and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk struck a moderate tone Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,723,719,720,721,23514,17990,17989,1111,18532,722],"class_list":["post-9366","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-democratic-rights","tag-leh-apex-body","tag-sixth-schedule-status","tag-sonam-wangchuk","tag-statehood-for-ladakh","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366","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=9366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}