Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das accused the Delhi Police of climbing the dais at Jantar Mantar and covering activist Sonam Wangchuk from view as his hunger strike entered day 21. 

Mr. Das also said the party’s founder Abhijeet Dipke has been prevented from leaving Jhandewalan and returning to the protest site.

Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday (July 20) asserted that he would “stay alive till July 20 at any cost”, even as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 20th day amid a warning from doctors that his prolonged fast has reached a critical stage.

Addressing supporters at the protest site, Mr. Wangchuk acknowledged his weakening physical condition but said his resolve remained unshaken.

“I am weak from the outside but very strong inside. I am sure all of you are strong from the inside, and outside too. We need this energy for July 20, when we will take out a peaceful march to Parliament. We will go together and present our plea in the temple of democracy,” he said.

“I will stay alive till July 20 at any cost. If you don’t come and July 20 is not successful, I will come back as a ghost,” he said in a lighter vein, drawing cheers from the gathering.

-PTI