India, Sept. 29 -- Countering allegations of being "anti-national" after the statehood protest in Ladakh turned violent last week, since-jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo on Monday shared two photos featuring Bangladesh's interim leader Mohammed Yunus - one with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the other with Wangchuk.

"If it's okay for the honourable PM to meet Mohammed Yunus, why is it a problem when Sonam Wangchuk, India's educator and innovator, meet(s) him?" she said in the X post.

She was apparently responding to social media chatter that has alleged Wangchuk "conspired" with those who ended the reign of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh.

Wangchuk's image hugging Yunus - being used in those social media posts too -...