India’s activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a 26‑day hunger strike, concluding a week‑long campaign that supported youth‑led protests demanding education reforms and the resignation of the country’s education minister.
In a post on X, Wangchuk, 59, noted the strike’s conclusion was due to “a long negotiation on various conditions” aimed at preventing possible violence in the country after a series of escalated tensions in Delhi.
Wangchuk had joined the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth‑driven movement that demands a complete overhaul of India’s education policies and the resignation of the current education minister. Earlier in the strike, he warned that he had lost about 11 kg (24 lb) and was “still alive” after being forced to leave a protest venue in Delhi and admitted to a hospital last Saturday.
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