Thousands of people from all over Ladakh joined education reformist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk in support as he completed his five-day hunger strike demanding the inclusion of the Union Territory (UT) in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Sonam Wangchuk, an innovator and an engineer, whose personality inspired the fictional character of Phunsukh Wangdu in Aamir Khan's film '3 Idiots', is on a five-day "climate fast" demanding the government to protect Ladakh, where rapid expansion of industries threatening its unique ecosystem.
Sonam Wangchuk, the social reformist from Ladakh whose life story inspired the Bollywood film 3 Idiots, has claimed that he was placed under house arrest and also asked by the union territory administration to sign a bond that he will not make any statement or participate in any public gatherings over recent happenings in Leh for one month.