India, Sept. 26 -- The opposition slammed the BJP government after climate activist Sonam Wanchuck was arrested on Friday, two days after the protests in Leh turned violent.

Wangchuk was arrested on Friday afternoon, just before he was scheduled to address a press conference. Opposition leaders, including Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, launched scathing attacks on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government over the action.

Kejriwal called Sonam Wanchuck's arrest "dictatorship", drawing parallels from mythology and history."Raavan's end also came. Kansa's end also came. Hitler's and Mussolini's ends also came. And today, people hate all those individuals. Today i...