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Indian activist Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike

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July 23 (Reuters) – Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended his hunger strike after 26 days, he said on Friday.

He said in a post on X that he had ended his fast after “a long negotiation on various conditions and in view of possible violence in the country”.

Wangchuk, 59, had been on a hunger strike since June 28 in solidarity with India’s youth-led “cockroach movement” that is demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over medical college entrance test paper leaks.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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