‘Don’t make Sonam Wangchuk Mahatma Gandhi’, ‘Supreme’ Why did Bapu’s name dominate the hearing? Who expressed objection?

Sonam Wangchuk: The case related to Ladakh social activist Sonam Wangchuk took place on Wednesday. In this hearing, the name of Mahatma Gandhi was more prominent than that of Wangchuk. The Central Government expressed its objection to the attempts to show Sonam Wangchuk as Mahatma Gandhi. Wangchuk has been kept in Jodhpur Central Jail in preventive custody under the National Security Act on charges of violence in Ladakh.

During the hearing of Sonam Wangchuk case in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appealed to the Supreme Court that the person detained under NSA should not be compared with Mahatma Gandhi. Earlier, the bench of Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice PB Varale had said on the custody of Sonam Wangchuk that the government was ‘exaggerating’ She is telling.

Know what happened in the Supreme Court?

Opposing the plea of ​​Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of scientist and social activist Sonam Wangchuk, Additional Solicitor General KM Natarajan said Wangchuk had warned of violent protests like in Nepal. The bench asked where did he say this? Show us.

Heated debate took place in the court room

In response, after reading the brief part of the statement, the court asked for the complete context and asked to read the entire thing. You can’t just read a sentence. According to the court, Wangchuk’s violent methods were considered ‘worrying’ Told him and did not welcome him. The Supreme Court said that if someone says that violent methods are not right, then it should be understood in the full context.

Court quotes Wangchuk’s line

After this, the bench quoted a line from Sonam Wangchuk and said, ‘Some people are abandoning Mahatma Gandhi’s path of peace; This is a matter of concern.” The bench interpreted this as emphasizing Gandhi’s principles and expressed concern over the possibility of it turning into violence.

‘Wangchuk cannot be called a Gandhian’

The ASG replied that Wangchuk cannot be called a Gandhian by isolating a particular sentence. He alleged that he instigated and organized a fast to disturb public order in the name of environment. During this, the bench also mentioned the last fast of Mahatma Gandhi and said that he had talked about dying peacefully, but communal riots broke out after his assassination.

‘There should not be comparison with the Father of the Nation’

Later, when Solicitor General Tushar Mehta reached the court room, he objected to the mention of Gandhi’s speech. He said, ‘We should not glorify something which is completely anti-India. We should not compare him with the Father of the Nation. Tomorrow it may become a headline that this court compared Sonam Wangchuk with Mahatma Gandhi.”

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The Solicitor General also told the bench that the issue of Wangchuk’s release due to his health had been raised on social media. On this the bench asked why are you making a mountain out of a molehill? Do you want us not to ask questions? To which Mehta replied that I am not saying that.