Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday alleged a targeted smear campaign against him by the Ladakh Lieutenant Governor’s office. He appealed to President Droupadi Murmu to take note of the alleged actions by the “L-G and his team” against him through social media.

In a video posted on X, terming it a “sting operation” by his lawyers, Wangchuk said, “For raising my voice for the youth of the nation and the well being of border areas like Ladakh and Arunachal, I’m being continuously witch-hunted and defamed, and our schools being harassed in every possible way by the L-G Administration in Ladakh.”

Wangchuk and his group of institutions under the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh, (HIAL) have been involved in an ongoing legal dispute with the Union Territory administration over the transfer of a lease deed.

The Ladakh administration had cancelled the lease, citing failure to execute the deed and pay the required premium within the stipulated period, as well as alleged non-compliance with the land’s…