New Delhi: Gitanjali Angmo handed a window of opportunity to the dispensation on Sunday night for settling the ongoing protest at Jantar Mantar, saying that her husband Sonam Wangchuk would end hunger strike if accountability of education is discussed in Parliament.
For this, she said, the political dispensation has to meet and assure him of keeping their word.
“Sonam will end his hunger strike tomorrow if political leaders meet him at the hospital and assure him that they will raise the issue of education accountability during the Parliament session,” Angmo said from the stage of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar.
VIDEO | Delhi: At Jantar Mantar, Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo says, "Sonam will end his hunger strike tomorrow if political leaders meet him at hospital and assure him that they will raise the issue of education accountability during Parliament session."
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The activist is currently being monitored by doctors at the state-run Safdarjung Hospital. He has been fasting for the past three weeks. The Monsoon Session of Parliament will convene Monday.
The Delhi Police, on 18 July, had swooped on the protest site and carried away Wangchuk from the protest site, without seeking the activist or his family’s consent.
The development came on a hectic Sunday when the Delhi High Court refused to intervene in the 59-year-old activist’s treatment at Safdarjung Hospital. The Delhi Police had in the evening come out with a statement, saying that no permission was given for any procession on Monday.
🚨Prohabitory orders u/s 163 BNSS are in force in New Delhi District except designated protest site at Jantar Mantar Road.
Further, no permission has been sought or granted for any proposed march to Parliament on 20 July 2026.
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— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) July 19, 2026
Earlier in the late afternoon, Angmo had said that the march to Parliament will happen, irrespective of his presence tomorrow, and that it will only be bigger.
In the press conference held outside Safdarjung Hospital’s emergency gate, Angmo had added that her husband has time and again emphasised that he is not the cause of this movement, but has only been “a voice for the youth”.
“The awakening has already begun, and whether he joins tomorrow’s march or not, the movement will continue. If he is not allowed to leave the hospital, it will only strengthen public support,” she had said.
Subsequently, Angmo said that the march to Parliament scheduled Monday is “just the beginning”. “It is aimed at sensitising parliamentarians that if they wish to take this country forward then they must focus on policy. The campaign for education will continue, with people across the country joining the movement in their own way,” she asserted.
She further urged students, their parents and all those participating in the march to continue their peaceful methods and be alert of all the nefarious elements who will try to sabotage the movement.
“There will be attempts made to disrupt the peace and incite violence, but we must be careful and continue our peaceful protest as we have done in the past 22 days,” she warned.
This is an updated version of the article.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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