Security was stepped up around Parliament on the first day of the Monsoon Session as the CJP's 'Sansad Chalo' protest intensified. Several entry gates were closed while protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar.
Rahul Gandhi criticised the Centre after Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to hospital during his hunger strike, saying peaceful protests should be met with dialogue, not force, and that students' voices cannot be silenced.
A woman allegedly threw an ink-like liquid at CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke while he was addressing supporters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. The incident came shortly after Dipke announced an indefinite hunger strike following Sonam Wangchuk's removal from the protest site.
Twenty days without food. Over nine kilograms lost. A determined activist lying at Jantar Mantar, fighting for education reforms and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike has captured national attention, raising urgent questions: Is this protest legal? When does the state step in? And why do some fasts succeed.
New Delhi: Innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been admitted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital after completing 21 days of his hunger strike, is weak due to prolonged fasting and dehydration but is currently stable and remains under continuous medical observation, medical officials said. Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital on the 21st day.
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the removal of Sonam Wangchuk from the Jantar Mantar protest site, while Delhi Police cited medical reasons for shifting him to hospital.
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar criticised the Centre over the police action against activist Sonam Wangchuk and said the Opposition will raise the issue in the upcoming Parliament session.
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh claimed that the Prime Minister changed the Delhi Police Commissioner to facilitate Sonam Wangchuk's arrest. Delhi Police said the activist was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital following medical advice and High Court directions.
Student organisations joined the Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi after Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to hospital. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced an indefinite hunger strike as police appealed to protesters to vacate the site.
New Delhi: Innovator, educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, on Saturday said that no oral or IV treatment should be given to her husband without consent from her, his family, and long-term doctors, amid his admission after over 20 days of hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. “I am at Safdarjung.
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the past 20 days at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, was shifted to a hospital early on Saturday after his health deteriorated. The move came in compliance with directions of the Delhi High Court and on the advice of medical experts. Police Shift.
