Ladakh admin scraps HIAL land; Wangchuk calls move ‘witch-hunt’

The Ladakh administration has cancelled the land allotted to the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL) in Leh, triggering strong opposition from its founder and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. He described the move as a “witch-hunt” aimed at silencing the demand for statehood and the extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to the Union Territory.