What happened
Sonam Wangchuk has emerged as the public face of the Cockroach Janta Party’s youth-led protests in Delhi. He was removed by authorities while on the 21st day of a fast at Jantar Mantar, and the protest has made him a symbolic figure in the movement.
Background and earlier position
Sonam Wangchuk is widely known as an education reformer and climate activist from Ladakh. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2018 for community-driven learning reforms. The profile also links him to earlier mobilisation in Ladakh, including climate-related demonstrations in 2023 and demands for greater autonomy after the abrogation of Article 370.
The profile says Sonam Wangchuk was previously detained under the National Security Act, 1980. It also recalls a 2025 march from Leh to Delhi that ended with his arrest after violence in which four people died.
What changed now
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