Soon after the Delhi High Court rejected the plea for shifting climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to a private facility, his wife, Dr. Gitanjali J Angmo, alleged that the Centre's justification for shifting him to the government hospital was a "charade", claiming the move was aimed at preventing his proposed march rather than addressing any medical emergency.
Angmo alleged that the government's stated concern over Wangchuk's health was merely a pretext. "This whole narrative about health concerns is nothing but a charade. They were simply afraid that if Sonam set out on his march, hundreds of thousands of people would join him—not just in Delhi, but across the entire country—and they were trying to prevent that," she said.
