Climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk — facing a two-fold attack from the Centre in the form of being blamed for the Leh violence and the cancellation of the FCRA licence of his Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) — has said that he is prepared for arrest.

However, he warned the government on Thursday (September 25) that his imprisonment could create more problems for the government than his freedom and called the home ministry’s act of blaming him for Wednesday’s violent protests a “scapegoat tactic”.

‘Wangchuk in jail more problematic than free Wangchuk’

Reacting to the MHA’s statement, blaming him for provoking the mob violence, Wangchuk said he was prepared to be arrested under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

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