Congress says PM Modi betrayed Ladakh; Rahul Gandhi asks for judicial probe into police firing fatalities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had betrayed the people of Ladakh the Congress top brass alleged on Tuesday with party leader Rahul Gandhi also demanding a judicial probe into the death of four protesters in police firing in the union territoryAmong those killed in Ladakh on Wednesday was Kargil war veteran Tsewang TharchinBoth Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Gandhi centred their social media posts on the anguish surrounding his deathKharge posted a video of Tharchins father on X and said Ladakhs sorrow is the sorrow of the entire nationShaheed Tsewang Tarchin fulfilled his duty towards Mother India in the Kargil War What did he get in return A bullet from the Modi government in Ladakh The father was also in the army the son was also in the army Kharge saidWhen our 20 brave soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country at the LAC in Ladakh in Galwan Modi Ji himself gave China a CLEAN CHIT If he didnt remember the valor of our brave soldiers then what chance is there now Those who can give China a CLEAN CHIT what respect will they show for the martyrdom of brave soldiers like our Tsewang Tharchin he saidThis is the BJPs hollow nationalism Kharge claimedGandhi who is on a fournation tour of South America posted the same video of Tharchins father and said Father in the army son in the army patriotism runs in their blood Yet the BJP government shot and killed this brave son of the nation simply because he stood up for Ladakh and his rightsThe fathers painfilled eyes ask one question is this the reward for serving the nation today the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said in his post in HindiWe demand that an impartial judicial inquiry be conducted into these killings in Ladakh and the culprits be given the harshest punishment Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji you have betrayed the people of Ladakh They are demanding their rights Communicate with them stop the politics of violence and fear the former Congress president saidThe Congress on Monday said it was outrageous that exserviceman Tharchin was among those killed in firing by the security forces in Ladakh In a post on X Congress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said Tharchin served at the Siachen Glacier and fought valiantly in the 1999 Kargil WarHis father too served in the Indian Army he saidTsewang Tharchin was protesting peacefully for Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh It should be a matter of the deepest anguish and outrage that he was killed along with three others in the firing on the agitationists five days back Ramesh saidOn Wednesday September 24 four people were killed in police firing and scores of others were injured when a protest for statehood for Ladakh turned violent Protesters set a local BJP office on fire and allegedly pelted police and CRPF with stonesOn September 26 climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act on Friday and subsequently lodged in Jodhpur jail in RajasthanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever