Lok Sabha MP from Sikar, Amra Ram, has said that the scene outside Jodhpur Central Jail resembles a “battlefield” after he was turned away and prevented from meeting Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is currently lodged there.

Leading a delegation of his party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), to the jail on Tuesday evening, Ram said, “We had all come to support Sonam ji and to encourage him in his support of the legitimate demands of the brave people of Ladakh. But the scene at the prison gate resembled a battlefield: high barricades, hundreds of policemen in helmets brandishing batons, and threats of water cannons.”

“We were not allowed to move even an inch. We spoke to the jail superintendent over a call, but were merely told, ‘No permission’. Under the pretext of the Nati

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