New Delhi: Congress MP and lawyer Vivek Tankha on Thursday wrote to the Home Minister Amit Shah Climate activists seeking release sorry He was detained under a strict national security law, arguing that “the misunderstanding should not be extended to the point of causing deep harm to the ‘soul of the entire region.'”Tanka, who has roots in J&K, told Shah, “He (Wangchuck) breathed India, thought India, lived for India.”Wangchuk was detained in September 2025 after staging protests in Ladakh demanding the creation of a federal state and Sixth Schedule status.“No one in India believes that Wangchuck should be imprisoned by the NSA. He is an advocate of climate change and melting glaciers,” Tanka said, adding that the detained activist was a widely respected and influential figure in Ladakh society and across the country. “It is time for the government to review his detention under the NSA,” he said.Tanka said Wangchuck represented “honesty, innovation and selfless service” and that the climate activist was not only deeply respected in Ladakh, but also nationally and internationally.
