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Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday (August 13, 2026) called for a “peaceful revolution” in the way India chooses its political leadership, saying the country needs a major change if it is to remain a “respectable nation” by 2047. In a video message ahead of Independence Day, Mr. Wangchuk also called for “India’s second Independence movement”,…
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Activist Sonam Wangchuk. File | Photo Credit: PTI Activist Sonam Wangchuk will be discharged from Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Monday (July 27, 2026) and will visit Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi before leaving for Ladakh, his team said. Mr. Wangchuk, who is recovering in the hospital after he broke his 26-day fast…
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk speaks in a video message from Medanta Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment during his indefinite hunger strike, in Gurugram. Photo: X/@Wangchuk66 via PTI Photo The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against the forcible shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar…
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An ambulance carrying Environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk arrives at Medanta Hospital after the Delhi High Court allowed his shifting to the private hospital, in Gurugram on July 21, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI Activist Sonam Wangchuk was discharged from the Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday (July 21, 2026) evening and shifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for…
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Post-graduate students, writers, artistes and progressive thinkers participated in a one-day hunger strike at Gandhi Bhavan in the campus of the University of Mysore in support of educationist Sonam Wangchuk, in Mysuru on July 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: M. A. Sriram Mysuru University Research Scholars’ Association, Federation of Dalit Students, progressive organisations, Dalit groups,…
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Will end fasting today if government takes accountability for failures in education system, says Sonam Wangchuk Sonam Wangchuk said that he will end his hunger strike on Monday (July 20, 2026) if the government is ready to take accountability for failures in the education system or the MPs are ready to take up the issue…
The Cockroach Janata Party has been at the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi since June 06, 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The movement started as a satirical online campaign over remarks of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant against youths, and later demanding accountability for the NEET-UG 2026…
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Wangchuk needs urgent therapy, family declining treatment despite counselling: Safdarjung Hospital Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a 21-day hunger strike, is showing signs of dehydration and urgently requires fluid and electrolyte therapy to prevent potentially serious complications, even as he and his family declined the recommended treatment despite repeated counselling, Safdarjung Hospital authorities…
Cockroach Janta Party Founder Abhijit Dipke sitting on hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Shortly after the Delhi police moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to the hospital, Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke announced on Saturday (July 18, 2026), that he is beginning…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk being attended to by medical professionals during his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap As activist Sonam Wangchuk continued his indefinite hunger strike on day 19, the Congress on Thursday (July 16, 2026) urged him to end his fast “in view…