Srinagar, July 18 -- Comparing Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk with India's freedom struggle heroes, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday the refusal of the elected government at the Centre to engage with the protesting youth at Jantar Mantar indicated a "colonial mindset".
"The distressing scenes unfolding at Jantar Mantar, where Sonam Wangchuk is risking his life to safeguard the future of our Gen Z, evoke memories of the sacrifices made by our freedom fighters to liberate India from colonial rule. The British may have left, but the colonial mindset seems to endure," Mufti said in a post on X.
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir commented on Sonam Wangchuk's ongoing indefinite hunger strike, which demands the resignati...