Indian activist Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike
- He had ended his fast after a long negotiation on various conditions and in view of possible violence in the country
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike, undertaken in solidarity with a youth movement demanding the Education Minister's resignation over medical exam paper leaks.
- Sonam Wangchuk's 26-day hunger strike.
- India's youth-led "cockroach movement" demands.
- Education Minister's resignation over exam paper leaks.
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended his hunger strike after 26 days, he said on Friday.
He said in a post on X that he had ended his fast after “a long negotiation on various conditions and in view of possible violence in the country”.
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Wangchuk, 59, had been on a hunger strike since June 28 in solidarity with India’s youth-led “cockroach movement” that is demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over medical college entrance test paper leaks.