New Delhi- Opposition parties on Friday slammed the Centre over the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, alleging that the move “clearly exposes the government’s witch-hunting agenda” and it is an “abysmal failure” to maintain law and order in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Wangchuk was arrested on Friday by a police party in Leh, two days after violent protests by supporters of a movement demanding statehood for Ladakh and extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution left four people dead and 90 others injured, officials said.

Condemning Wangchuk’s arrest, the Congress said it was done to divert attention and responsibility from the BJP’s “abysmal failure” to maintain law and order and ensure security of life and property in Ladakh.

In a post on X, Congress general secret

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