Sonam Wangchuk had said few days back To be honest, I seriously expected such things to happen in India post 2014... Not directly killing, but I expected Modi would eliminating the BIF threat in the backend...
uddu wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025 20:03 https://x.com/manamuntu/status/1970792017027567937
@manamuntu
Sonam Wangchuck and his CIA and ISI handlers! Leh is just the tip of the iceberg! This will reverberate across the nation and may turn into pan India protests on various issues according to our initial assessment.
India’s democracy threatened by vote-rigging, says Gandhi
Opposition leader’s comments signal collapse of confidence in the electoral commission
Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, left, addresses the media in front of a screen showing India’s Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, centre, and Home Minister Amit Shah at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
Rahul Gandhi, left, addresses the media in front of a screen showing Narendra Modi and Amit Shah © Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty
Andres Schipani and Robin Harding in New Delhi
Published 5 hours ago
The world’s largest democracy is under siege from systematic vote-rigging by the government of Narendra Modi, the leader of India’s opposition has alleged in an interview with the Financial Times.
Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that controls the Indian National Congress party, claimed there has been centralised manipulation of the voter rolls to “steal elections”, with the assistance of India’s electoral commission.
His remarks mark a breakdown in a sprawling democracy where there have often been allegations of voting irregularities but all parties have historically accepted the results of elections.
“We’ve been noticing anomalies in our election system as a political party for a long time,” said Gandhi, accusing the prime minister of the country of 1.4bn people of overseeing the alleged vote-rigging. “The guy at the top of the system has to do it,” he said. Modi’s office did not reply to a request for comment.
Gandhi’s comments come ahead of what analysts see as a closely contested state election in Bihar due in November. Opposition parties, including Congress, have been questioning the Election Commission of India’s decision to review the list of eligible voters in the northern state just months before the vote.
Modi’s nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, which performed below expectations and had to rely on allies to form a government following its third consecutive electoral victory last year, has won several state elections — including Haryana, Maharashtra and the capital region, Delhi — during the past year.
Gandhi and the Congress party did not provide evidence to show who was behind the alleged manipulation or that it was on a scale large enough to affect election results.
Gandhi provided what he said was sample evidence from elections in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra, showing alleged deleted and duplicate voters, invalid addresses and bulk registrations at single locations.
The FT was unable to verify the evidence.
Gandhi’s comments form part of “a political strategy to say that the electoral commission, which is supposed to be a very impartial and neutral body, has steadily been hollowed out in the last 11 years,” said Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a political writer and author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times.
“Rahul is looking at a short timeline, looking immediately at the impending elections in Bihar, taking on this from a national perspective, therefore focusing on Bihar to thoroughly discredit the Election Commission.”
According to a survey published last month by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, a New Delhi-based research institution, confidence in India’s electoral body has dropped since the 2019 general election in all the six states surveyed. Overall, over half of respondents believed the election commission to be “working under pressure from the central government”.
The BJP and the Election Commission have both denied the rigging accusations. The commission said in a statement on Thursday that Gandhi’s claims about it were “incorrect and baseless”.
This week, at a political rally in Bihar, one of India’s most impoverished states, India’s home minister and Modi’s closest ally, Amit Shah, hit out at Gandhi, accusing him of spreading a “false narrative”.
Anurag Thakur, a member of parliament with the BJP, told reporters that it had “become a habit of Rahul Gandhi to make incorrect and baseless allegations”. He added: “The Congress party has lost approximately 90 elections under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. His frustration is increasing day by day.”
Milan Vaishnav, director of the South Asia programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the vulnerabilities of Indian elections should not be overhyped, but “pretty serious cracks” were appearing in their conduct.
“The credibility of the election commission, which is widely seen as one of the most powerful elections bodies in the world, has really eroded, in part because they no longer appear to be truly independent,” Vaishnav said.
Indian politics was dominated by Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi clan for much of its post-independence history.
But the party and India’s broader centre left has been seen as a waning force in recent years, with some critics asserting that the family’s dominance of Congress was an obstacle to its progress and an easy target for the populist BJP because of its dynastic heritage.
The Congress party has also faced allegations of election fraud in the past.
In 1975, the late former prime minister Indira Gandhi, Rahul’s grandmother, was convicted of electoral malpractice during the general election four years before.
She then imposed a state of emergency under which civil liberties were suspended and political opponents jailed. India’s Supreme Court later overturned the malpractice verdict against her.
Gandhi said his party’s strategy is to challenge the integrity of India’s electoral system by building public pressure.
“We are playing the game of mass mobilisation. That’s the only way we have,” he said. “It is going to end there because there are huge parts of this country that, simply, will not accept a rigged election.”
Additional reporting by Jyotsna Singh in New Delhi
Violence erupted in Leh, Ladakh, on September 24, 2025, during protests seeking statehood and Sixth Schedule protections, resulting in four deaths and over 70 injuries after demonstrators targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party office and government buildings, which were set ablaze. Security forces responded with tear gas, batons, and gunfire in self-defense, following a hunger strike led by activist Sonam Wangchuk amid long-standing frustrations over unfulfilled promises since Ladakh's 2019 designation as a Union Territory, including high youth unemployment and loss of local autonomy. A curfew was imposed, internet services suspended, and over 50 people detained as the situation stabilized by evening
Ladakh Violence – A Fact Check
Claim: Protest was a spontaneous outburst against Govt of India.
Fact: Dialogue tables were already set. GOI held back-to-back meetings with Leh stakeholders and had scheduled further consultations. Miscreants hijacked the process to derail resolution.
Claim: It was a people’s uprising.
Fact: Orchestrated disruption. Activist Sonam Wanchuk, facing scrutiny over property proceedings, conveniently shifted the narrative from personal accountability to manufactured agitation. This wasn’t organic, it was opportunistic.
Claim: Political neutrality.
Fact: Footage shows Congress activists and local leaders directly involved in stone pelting and violence. This was less about Ladakh’s aspirations, more about reviving a sinking party’s relevance in the region.
Claim: Govt failed to listen.
Fact: The process of dialogue was already underway. Violence was used as a tactic to pre-empt outcomes that would not serve vested interests. The agenda was political theatre, not public interest.
Claim: Narrative of “people vs. state.”
Fact: Narrative-builders online pushed propaganda hashtags while ignoring the reality of government outreach. They turned Leh’s democratic process into a theatre of misinformation.
Conclusion:
Leh deserves justice, not manipulation. Organizers, foot soldiers, and narrative engineers must face accountability. Violence cannot be the substitute for dialogue, and propaganda cannot overwrite facts.
Ladakh Violence: Propaganda v/s Reality
Propaganda 1: Spontaneous anger at Central government
Reality: Structured talks were already on. Government teams met Leh stakeholders repeatedly and fresh consultations were lined up. Disorder wasn’t accidental—it was injected to derail progress.
Propaganda 2: Purely people-led protests
Reality: Disruption was stage-managed. Activist Sonam Wanchuk, facing heat over land/property matters, pivoted his troubles into a larger agitation. What looked like a grassroots surge was in fact calculated positioning.
Propaganda 3: Politically neutral movement
Reality: Video evidence places Congress cadres and local leaders in the thick of stone-pelting. The violence was less about Ladakh’s cause, more about salvaging a sinking party’s relevance.
Propaganda 4: “People vs State” narrative
Reality: Online campaigners pumped hashtags and selective clips to construct a false binary. In truth, a democratic process was in play—hijacked by propaganda.
Propaganda 5: Centre ignored Ladakh’s voice
Reality: Dialogue was very much alive. Violence was a shortcut to avoid outcomes that didn’t suit vested interests. This was theatre, not genuine grievance.
Ladakh — just 3.1 lakh people, yet 1,960 registered NGOs.
Why so many in such a strategic region?
Who funds them & what’s the real purpose?
Some so-called activists openly spread anti-India narratives with foreign links. Hidden agendas at play?
Stay vigilant. Don’t fall for subversion from within.
- BJP Office Gutted
- Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Damaged & Burned
- CRPF/Police Vehicles Burned
- 10 people injured. 2 critical.
- One CRPF Jawan also injured.
Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag, Congress Councillor for Upper Leh Ward was seen instigating people for rioting in Leh, Ladakh.
This person in picture is a congress leader. Note the pattern of agitation, demand for statehood and MP seat for muslim majority Kargil even though there is scant population. Congress and @Wangchuk66 are on CIA payrolls.
Same guy
Reason
MODI SARKAR EXPOSES SONAM WANGCHUK & HIS ANTI-NATIONAL ACTIVITIES!
Press Release on Ladakh
A hunger strike was started by Sh Sonam Wangchuk on 10-09-2025 stating the demand of 6th schedule and statehood for Ladakh. It is well known that Government of India has been actively engaged with Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance on same issues. Series of meetings were held with them through formal channel of High-Powered Committee as well as Sub-committee and multiple informal meetings with leaders.
The process of dialogue through this mechanism has yielded phenomenal results by increasing reservations for Ladakh scheduled tribe from 45% to 84%, providing 1/3 women reservations in the councils and declaring Bhoti and Purgi as official languages. With this process for recruitment of 1800 posts was also commenced.
However, certain politically motivated individuals were not happy with the progress made under HPC has been trying to sabotage the dialogue process.
The next meeting of High-Powered Committee has been scheduled on 6th October while meetings are also planned on 25th and 26th September with the leaders from Ladakh.
The demands on which Mr Wangchuk was on hunger strike are integral part of the discussion in HPC. In spite of many leaders urging to call off the hunger strike he continued with the hunger strike and misleading the people through provocative mention of Arab Spring-style protest and references to Gen Z protests in Nepal.
On 24th September, at around 11.30 am, a mob instigated by his provocative speeches left the venue of the hunger strike and attacked a political party office as well as Government office of the CEC Leh. They also put these offices on fire, attacked the security personnel, and torched police vehicle. The unruly mob attacked the police personnel in which more than 30 police/CRPF personnel were injured. The mob continued to destroy the public property and attack the police personnel. In self-defence, police had to resort to firing in which unfortunately some casualties are reported.
Barring unfortunate incidents that happened early in the day, the situation is brought under control by 4PM.
It is clear that the mob was incited by Shri Sonam Wangchuk through his provocative statements. Incidentally, amidst these violent developments, he broke his fast and left for his village in an ambulance without making serious efforts to control the situation.
The Government stands committed to the aspiration of people of Ladakh by providing adequate constitutional safeguards.
It is also requested that the people should not circulate the old and provocative videos in the media and social media.
