Activist Sonam Wangchuk breaks fast after 26 days in presence of Union ministers
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Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday ended his hunger strike after 26 days at Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital in the presence of Union ministers Jitendra Singh and JP Nadda.
A video by PTI showed Singh helping Wangchuk sit up on his hospital bed, and Nadda helping him sip from a cup.
“I am grateful and happy to break my fast,” the activist was heard saying in the video.
Wangchuk said that 65 members of Parliament from various parties had urged him to break his fast. “This was done after a long negotiation on various conditions and in view of possible violence in the country,” he said in a social media post. “I will explain the conditions in detail in a separate video very soon.”
VIDEO | Sonam Wangchuk breaks his hunger-strike in presence of Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh at the hospital.
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Abhijeet Dipke, the chief of the political campaign Cockroach Janta Party, said on social media that the group was relieved and grateful that Wangchuk had ended his hunger strike.
“Thank you, sir, for your extraordinary courage and sacrifice,” he said, addressing Wangchuk. “By putting your own life on the line, you awakened the conscience of an entire nation. Your life is...