Sonam Wangchuk Ends His Fast? Why Protests Don't Matter In New India
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| Sonam Wangchuk |
But now, Sonam Wangchuck has lost faith in the same
government. He made a video daily telling the country why a Ladakh-like
eco-sensitive zone needs special protection? BJP had promised to provide this
protection under the 6th Schedule. But what happened to that promise - there
must be some compulsion Sonam Wangchuck says that this is a conspiracy of mining
and industrial lobby to plunder Ladakh resources People noticed he was getting
weak Some people protested in cities in support of Ladakh. Civil society tried
to raise their voice, tried to support them.
But even after 21 days, forgetting the 6th schedule no BJP
leader went to meet them as if no one cared. This is just phase 1, says Sonam
Wangchuck, as he is ready to fast unto death, till Ladakh gets justice But it
is probably his misunderstanding In 2011, Anna Hazare also held a hunger strike
to pass the Lokpal Bill. The country was invested in the fast till death by
Gandhi bhakt Anna. 13 days later, the UPA govt agreed to the demands Anna Hazare
broke the fast on national TV Every media channel covered it, and people went to the streets and the government to bend It is a different story that Anna Hazare has
been silent after the 2014 elections. But the fact is that there was a time when
students and elders, used to come for the demonstrations, as
citizens, we used to care and the government listened Today, the mainstream media
has completely blacked out the protests in Ladakh. Politicians used to talk to
the protesters. Now, the government completely ignores them. They are like, we
don't care if you die. We will care if you try to march towards Delhi. Manipur
has lost nearly 200 lives in the last few months. The state has been burning
since last May and the situation is still bad.
Have you seen the government or mainstream media discussing
this? Have you heard any statement or debate on the protest in Hasdeo? You might think that these are small
communities and they have their own agenda. Let's talk about the national
level. Farmers wanted to come to Delhi for MSP. And look what was done to them.
They were welcomed with barricades, tear gas, sonic guns, and pellet guns. and
the mainstream media called them Khalistani. Olympic medal-winning wrestlers
protested for months against Brij Bhushan Singh but Modi ji did not feel the
need to meet the daughters of the country. These are the daughters of the
country who won international medals for us The mainstream media was
calling out the government in the Nirbhaya movement Same media started calling
wrestlers anti-Modi and defended Brij Bhushan Singh Sonam Wangchuck will again
start a hunger strike Still government and media might remain silent It won't be
a surprise if they declare them as an anti-national, pro-China, Chinese agent. But
the saddest thing is that the common people of India will not be affected.
Not because the people have become cruel, but because their
thinking has been silenced The country which was born out of protest against
British rule, is now a country where protest, opposition, and questioning have
become dirty words. People have let this happen. But remember, when you or I
face any atrocity, there will be no one to protest or question the government.
Ladakh used to be a part of J&K state But there was a
feeling of negligence as a part of J&K state On 5th August 2019, the Modi
government repealed Article 370 and made Ladakh a separate Union Territory, and the
people of Ladakh were very happy. now they would get autonomy. But, the
opposite happened. As it often happens with masterstrokes. There would be no
elected assembly in Ladakh union territory - so administration from bureaucrats
in Delhi Before Article 370 was removed there were some protections Like
restrictions on buying property Restriction on mining companies But these
protections were also removed after 370 was removed People in Ladakh were
afraid that outsiders will buy land and settle their peaceful way of life will
end And the demand for 6th schedule was kept This is usually given in northeast
areas, where tribal population is high And demand for autonomy also raised
Remember, the majority population in Ladakh is ST. 6th schedule can be used to
create autonomous administrative councils that have the authority to implement
inner-line permits and they can regulate their own land, forest, water, and agriculture issues. Logically, there is a clear logic in this. Ladakh is an
eco-sensitive zone.
People want to maintain their culture there. And it should
be protected by the people. The only problem is that if it is done, then the
mining companies will have a problem entering. After all, they will be stopped
because the people of Ladakh know the price of blind development. Already, due
to global warming, drought, and flash floods have become more common. How much
pressure is put on the ecosystem because of unrestricted tourism is already
visible in Ladakh. Glaciers, which provide water to rivers like Ganga and
Sindh, are also in danger. These problems are visible now. This is not a
textbook global warming issue. And the BJP government knows all this. At least, it
knew. Because, before 2019's Parliament elections and 2020's Hill Council
elections, BJP had promised to give a 6th schedule. Ladakh's people believed in
this promise. They also made the BJP win. But what is the promise? It is politics. meetings
were held one after the other. Discussions were going on. But in the end, Ladakh's
leaders and people were clearly told that you are not going to get the 6th
schedule or this protection.
Now, there must be some compulsion. Whatever the reason,
Sonam Wangchuck says that it is due to the mining industrial lobby They want
development in Ladakh. Which will put people in danger. The same mining lobby
that has given 800 crore electoral bonds to the government. Sonam Wangchuck
thought he would protest and fast he would put democratic popular pressure on
the government, which the media would cover this would become an important national
issue, Modi ji would listen and he would come to give him juice, and Ladakh would
get justice. Sonam Wangchuck is innocent or does not understand politics. But
what is his fault? He was taking the example of his father. Because in 1986,
when Sonam Wangchuck's father, Sonam Wangyal had organized a hunger strike for
the rights of the people of Ladakh, on the 16th day of the strike, Indira
Gandhi herself came to Ladakh accepted the demands and broke their fast by
giving fruit juice21 days of Sonam Wangchuck are over and Modi Ji hasn't even
tweeted. He hasn't tweeted, there must be a reason. Or you can understand that this
is New India, here, show off of democracy is not necessary But the problem is
that the protest in Ladakh is neither the first nor the last, which has been
ignored In the matter of democracy and democratic protest understand the
chronology First step is policy making and implementation.
The government sometimes makes a policy unrelated to people's
aspirations For example - three farm laws, forest mining regulation amendment,
or removing the autonomy of Ladakh And the government doesn't keep its promises.
For example, take the promise of MSP. if there is a fraud like electoral bonds or an incident for which the government's bad governance is responsible. Like,
we know that Manipur was on fire due to mismanagement. Or, not to punish the
actions of Brij Bhushan. When the citizens of the country are fed up with the
lack of action of the government, they raise their voices and take to the
streets. This is called democratic protest. Such protests are a part of
democracy. Narendra Modi, Arun Jaitley, and Ravi Shankar Prasad, when they were
student leaders or young, they also took part in democratic protests. But
today, the government is doing away with this democratic right. Step 1. Create
a fear environment If anyone thinks of protesting, then use IT cell to declare
them as anti-national.
start threatening them. Don't give police permission to
protest. Or like it happened during the CAA protest, implement section 144 in the
whole city. And whenever someone comes to protest for their democratic rights,
student or professor, take them to jail Send people like Umar Khalid to jail
for a long time so that the rest of the citizens can sit at home and chant all
is well And if there is an accident in which there is a sudden protest, then
don't let the journalists go there When a 19-year-old Dalit girl is gang raped
and then murdered, then journalist Sidheeq Kappan, for some reason, is
arrested, picked up, put under UAPA and put in jail for years. Do you remember
the Nirbhaya movement? Now, such a movement may not happen in our country even
if people want you to censor the media, then how will people protest? If despite all this, a protest is made at a
high level, then somehow, clamp down on it if you want to use force, then do
it. No matter how much Manipur burns, no matter how many people there put up a
peace protest march, it won't make a difference And if the truth is revealed on
social media, then you can slap Twitter, Instagram, and all the other social
media platforms During the Farmer protest, many Twitter accounts were suspended
because they started speaking a little too much truth And now, forget Twitter,
international media channels are now deleting videos.
Everyone's number coming up Corporate media is already in
the hands of the government and the rich. So how will the info reach you? For
example, if you haven't heard about the Hasdeo forest protest A pristine forest
in Chhattisgarh, where tribal protests have been going on. However, the central
government gave 2000 hectares of forest to Adani for coal mining. The forests
are being destroyed. Bhupesh Baghel, the Congress state government was also on
it. But the people have been protesting against coal mining. 750 days of sit-in
protests were going on in the village To save the Hasdeo jungle and its residents. But a few days ago, to drive away the protesters, someone set fire to the protest
site. Neither the BJP government nor the Congress will say anything about this. Godi media
is silent.
No matter how much people protest, it won't make a
difference in New India. So, what should the protesters do? They have only one
option left. They should pack their bags and go to Delhi. Then, the government
in Delhi will listen to them. And the media in Noida will get access to the
protest. But the government will not let you roam around Delhi. It will make a border barricade and trench. It will make the international line of control. It
will drop tear gas shells on you. You keep fundamental rights in your pocket. You
will be attacked by a drone or a pellet gun. The citizens will also say, what is
this protest? The road is blocked. Protest in your village, do not protest in
Delhi, etc. If the protest gets attention, then will try to calm down the
sympathy of the citizens. Silence not only the protest but also citizen
thinking. farmers' protest got so big that corporate media couldn't ignore it.
So, they started delegitimizing the movement. How? Like JNU, you farmers are
also against the country. Whoever raises their voice against the government,
against the Supreme Leader, is against the country. People from Punjab came to
the Kisan Andolan. So, the protest was called Khalistani. The Kuki community
was framed and called the outside invader from Myanmar. In Odisha,
Chhattisgarh, the Adivasi movement took place. So, they were called Naxalites. University
students protested for JNU. So, they were called the Anti-National Tukde Tukde
Gang. Civil society and intellectuals are called Andolan Jeevi /Soros
Funded and by mistake, by mistake if a Muslim group raised a question about
Muslim human rights if they raise a question on their anti-Muslim policies then
they will become Pakistani terrorists straightaway UAP Aand if it is Banerjee
then it is Mamata's nephew or Bangladeshi Forget about the small-timers. Look
at the Olympic medal winners in our country, whom the Prime Minister has called
the daughter of the country.
They protested against sexual harassment, for justice, what
did the mainstream media do The mainstream media started working on their work,
started discrediting them, that the entire movement was a drama, it was politics, and even tried to put a doctored photo with artificial intelligence What could be
more shameful for the democracy of the country than this? that PM is holding
the Sengol And just a few kilometres away, the police of the same Prime
Minister detains gold-winning wrestlers will we remember all this? Do
daily Godi media, WhatsApp media, and IT cell make us forget? The poison we consume
daily, is it a tactic Daily, we get a new excuse. Hindu Muslims, us versus them,
Kangana vs everyone Sometimes, the Prime Minister says that Rahul Gandhi has put
Hinduism in danger.
The focus goes there and the issue disappears. And then you also think that we should not
have sympathy with such people who raise questions For Anna Hazare and
Nirbhaya, the people of the country came down to the streets. But for
wrestlers, for farmers, Manipur, Hathras, Hasdeo, Ladakh. Where is our support
for this? Did you even retweet anything? If an independent civil society
organization talks about a topic, then the government stops its funding. Like
what happened with the Centre for Policy Research, If an independent media
organization reports on the ground, and asks questions, then it gets raided. If an
opposition party wants to raise a question, they freeze their account.
Politicians are put behind bars. Opposition is stopped from publishing
newspaper ads on electoral bonds. Every method is used to weaken the movement
and stop your thinking Despite all this, protests are still going on in Ladakh
and all the areas of the country. Efforts are being made to put democratic
pressure on the government. Because they have no other choice. If they don't
raise their voice, their rights will be destroyed anyway. Sonam Wangchuck is
trying that Ladakh not to become a colony Sonam Wangchuck believes
politicians will listen to him that the people of the country will vote for leaders who respect democracy and that justice will be served to Ladakh.
But the question is whether the people of the country will
vote for these issues or not......or will vote for Us vs. The man if a good
politician is elected, will he not get high on power and sell himself to
corporations, compromise on principles? I am telling you all this with a sense of
defeat. the hundreds of emails you
receive saying that I have this problem, I have this exam, I am not getting
this job Very few emails talk about country problems So we have to develop
that sense again that we have to talk about the country. Because when you talk
about the country, then your problems will also be solved gradually. Otherwise,
if you only look at yourself, when your turn comes, no one will be there to
speak for you We can say this on Deshbhakt that when it is our turn, we can say
that we have spoken for others. Open your eyes and see how protests have died in
our country forever and ever. RIP. Rest in Peace.