The National Security Act was enacted in 1980.

New Delhi: Sonam Wangchuk has been arrested under the National Security Act (NSA). He has been transferred to Jodhpur jail, 977 km from Leh, on the instructions of the Home Ministry. Sonam Wangchuk had been protesting against the government, demanding full statehood for Ladakh and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule. On the third day of the Leh Festival, violent protests erupted, resulting in four deaths and approximately 70 injuries.

Wangchuk accused of inflammatory speech

The Ladakh DGP claimed that these protests were sparked by Sonam Wangchuk’s inflammatory speech. The government has also cancelled the license for foreign funding for the Ladakh activist’s NGO, the Students Education and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL). Furthermore, co

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