{"id":27935,"date":"2026-06-28T16:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/sonam-wangchuk-begins-indefinite-hunger-strike-at-jantar-mantar-in-support-of-cjp-protest-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:42:57","slug":"sonam-wangchuk-begins-indefinite-hunger-strike-at-jantar-mantar-in-support-of-cjp-protest-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/sonam-wangchuk-begins-indefinite-hunger-strike-at-jantar-mantar-in-support-of-cjp-protest-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonam Wangchuk begins indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in support of CJP protest | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132048078,imgsize-119367,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/before-launching-the-fast-wangchuk-accompanied-by-cockroach-janata-party-cjp-founder-abhijeet-dipke-visited-rajghat-to-pay-tributes-to-mahatma-gandhi.jpg\" alt=\"Sonam Wangchuk begins indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in support of CJP protest\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sonam-wangchuk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sonam Wangchuk<\/a> on Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been staging a protest since June 20, demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Hundreds of protesters, mostly students and young people, gathered at Jantar Mantar on Sunday as Sonam Wangchuk began his indefinite hunger strike. Several farmer leaders also joined the demonstration, which commenced with a two-minute silence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Before launching the fast, Wangchuk, accompanied by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, visited Rajghat to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Ahead of the protest, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke had appealed to farmers, students and civil society organisations to join the agitation and back the demand for accountability over alleged irregularities in the examination system, including the NEET medical entrance exam.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>On Sunday morning, Dipke claimed in a post on X that several farmer leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab had been placed under house arrest to prevent them from reaching Jantar Mantar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) launched its protest at Jantar Mantar on June 20, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged examination irregularities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>During the protest, Abhijeet Dipke alleged that the controversy extended beyond a single examination and reflected deeper concerns about transparency, accountability and public trust in the education system.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The agitation has also drawn support from students, farmers and members of civil society, who have joined the demonstrations at Jantar Mantar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With agency inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/sonam-wangchuk-begins-hunger-strike-cjp-alleges-farmer-leaders-put-under-house-arrest-to-prevent-them-from-reaching-jantar-mantar\/articleshow\/132048000.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been staging a protest since June 20, demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations.Hundreds of protesters, mostly students and young people, gathered at Jantar Mantar on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}