Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Friday, termed the arrest of Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk as ‘very unfortunate’ as he blamed the Union government for not honouring its promises.

The Chief Minister initially expressed ignorance about Wangchuk’s arrest, but then told reporters that the arrest of the climate activist was ‘very unfortunate’.

He accused the Union government of “repeatedly backtracking on promises made to the people of Ladakh”.

“I don’t know why the Central government backtracks on the promises it made to the people of Ladakh, just like promises were made to us in Jammu and Kashmir,” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told reporters, adding that before the last Hill Council elections in Leh, a Union Minister had visited the region at a time

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