Wangchuk’s two threats: An indefinite fast and a foot march to Delhi

Wangchuk said that an indefinite fast would begin if detainees were not released unconditionally by the next morning.

A foot march to Delhi would also begin, according to Sentinel Assam.

Wangchuk said that no amount of barricades would stop the march.

The demand relates to people detained in Delhi on October 10.

Wangchuk is in Ladakh.

Wangchuk said that if they were not released unconditionally by the next morning, an indefinite fast would begin, according to Sentinel Assam.

Wangchuk also said that a foot march to Delhi would begin and that no amount of barricades would stop it, according to the same report.

The Week reported the ultimatum as a hunger strike or a march if detained leaders and protesters are not freed by Sunday.

Wangchuk is in Ladakh, according to the reports.

Wangchuk called the crackdown an attack on constitutional rights, according to The Week.

Wangchuk said that suppressing peaceful, democratic voices is a direct assault on the Constitution.

Delhi Police detained hundreds of people on October 10 as the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest at Jantar Mantar was blocked.

Opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal were also detained, and reports said some were released by evening.

The CJP’s founder and two leaders were detained at Delhi airport, and the party said that it lost contact with them for about 10 hours.

Counts of those detained range from hundreds to more than 7,000 in different reports and could not be reconciled.

Delhi Police has not publicly commented on the detentions, according to PTI.

The UN human rights office said that it was concerned by reports of mass detentions and urged the release of anyone arbitrarily detained.

The INDIA bloc submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu on October 9 listing its demands to end the agitation against the Chief Election Commissioner.

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