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Sonam Wangchuk Removed From Jantar Mantar After 20 Days on Hunger Strike
📖 VG Khabar
An important development from Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
According to reports, environment and education activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from the protest site on Saturday, where he had been on hunger strike for the past 20 days.What he was demandingGovernment accountability over alleged corruption, commercialisation and mismanagement in higher educationReactionPer reports, civil rights organisation "Janhastakshep" condemned the alleged forcible removal by Delhi Police, calling it an attack on peaceful protest and freedom of expression.
An official response is awaited.