New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his fast after the Home Ministry assured to start talks on Ladakh’s demands on December 3.
Joint Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Prashant Lokhande met the activists who were on an indefinite fast at Ladakh Bhawan in Delhi since October 6 and handed them the letter of the Home Ministry.
It said that the next meeting of the high-powered committee of the ministry formed to hold talks with the representatives of Ladakh will be held on December 3. After this Wangchuk and his supporters decided to break their fast.
It is a matter of happiness that our main appeal has been resolved. Sonam Wangchuk said that on the 16th day of our fast, I am happy to say that our main appeal has been resolved. Just now, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs came to Ladakh Bhawan and handed me the letter.
It is said that the ongoing talks between the apex body of Leh and the KDA in Kargil with the central government will be started in December. Hope this talk will be positive. Its results will not only be for Ladakh but for the entire nation. I also hope that we do not have to go on another hunger strike on this issue.
