{"id":30600,"date":"2026-07-04T09:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/activist-sonam-wangchuks-hunger-strike-for-education-accountability-enters-day-7-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:06:40","slug":"activist-sonam-wangchuks-hunger-strike-for-education-accountability-enters-day-7-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/activist-sonam-wangchuks-hunger-strike-for-education-accountability-enters-day-7-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist Sonam Wangchuk&#8217;s Hunger Strike for Education Accountability Enters Day 7 | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\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-132173994,imgsize-136176,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sonam-wangchuks-hunger-strike.jpg\" alt=\"'Accountability in education': Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike enters day 7 with fresh appeal to govt\" title=\"Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike (Photo: Abhijeet Dipke X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike (Photo: Abhijeet Dipke X)\">Sonam Wangchuk&#8217;s hunger strike (Photo: Abhijeet Dipke X)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DELHI: Activist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sonam-wangchuk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sonam Wangchuk<\/a> has continued his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, with supporters expressing growing concern over his health as the CJP protest enters day 15.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>CJP\u2019s founder Abhijeet Dipke, who has been sharing regular updates from the protest site, said Wangchuk&#8217;s health is deteriorating.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;It\u2019s Day 7 of Sonam Wangchuk\u2019s hunger strike. If the government doesn\u2019t act fast and take action against Pradhan, it will be responsible if anything happens to Sonam Sir. Despite his rapidly deteriorating health, he has made it clear that he will not end his hunger strike until action is taken,&#8221; Dipke wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The latest update follows an earlier post by Dipke in which he said Wangchuk looked &#8220;far weaker and more exhausted&#8221; than just a few days earlier.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>&#8220;Today, for the first time, I could see the pain on his face as his health continues to deteriorate. He told us he is fine and that there is nothing to worry about, but the reality is different. His condition is worsening with every passing hour,&#8221; Dipke had written.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Wangchuk thanks govt for Ladakh steps, seeks education accountability<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>In a post on X on July 3, Wangchuk thanked the government for taking steps to address issues concerning Ladakh. However, he urged authorities to now focus on &#8220;accountability in education.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>&#8220;DAY 6 OF HUNGER AT JANTAR MANTAR. Thank you govt for steps taken today to resolve the Ladakh issue, now please pay attention to accountability in education,&#8221; Wangchuk wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Over a month after talks between Ladakh groups and a Union home ministry (MHA) sub-committee in Delhi, informal parleys were scheduled to held on Friday in Leh with central officials.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Several rounds of talks have been held with the Centre on Ladakh since 2023. The process stopped after four people were killed and over 80 injured on Sept 24, 2025, in alleged police firing on protesters in Leh demanding statehood. LAB\u2019s Wangchuk was accused of inciting the protesters, arrested, charged under NSA and kept in Jodhpur jail. The Centre revoked his NSA detention in March this year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The protest has drawn attention on social media, with supporters closely monitoring his health and urging authorities to engage with his demands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>As of now, there has been no official statement from the government regarding Wangchuk&#8217;s latest appeal on education accountability or his ongoing hunger strike.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/accountability-in-education-sonam-wangchuks-hunger-strike-enters-day-7-with-fresh-appeal-to-govt\/articleshow\/132173875.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonam Wangchuk&#8217;s hunger strike (Photo: Abhijeet Dipke X) DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk has continued his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, with supporters expressing growing concern over his health as the CJP protest enters day 15.CJP\u2019s founder Abhijeet Dipke, who has been sharing regular updates from the protest site, said Wangchuk&#8217;s health is deteriorating.&#8220;It\u2019s Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30600","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=30600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}