What sparked the Gen Z protests in Leh, Ladakh? Here’s what you need to know as the government and Sonam Wangchuk exchange statements

Violence broke out in Leh, Ladakh, on Wednesday as a protest that had been going on for more than a week turned into a confrontation with security forces.

Activist Sonam Wangchuk said the protests were part of a build-up of anger over the denial of statehood and local government since Ladakh was made a Union Territory in 2019.

Gen Z protests Ladakh over the last two weeks leading up to Wednesday had been largely peaceful. Wangchuk, a climate activist, had been at the forefront of the protests through a hunger strike. In a statement condemning the violence, he said it was “an outburst of the young generation that brought them onto the streets.”

“This was a Gen Z revolution,” Wangchuk said on Wednesday when he broke his hunger strike. government vs Gen Z protests, on the other hand, blame