{"id":35177,"date":"2026-07-14T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/real-life-funsukh-wangdu-needs-our-support-3-idiots-actor-omi-vaidya-extends-support-to-sonam-wangchuk-amid-hunger-strike-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:03:20","slug":"real-life-funsukh-wangdu-needs-our-support-3-idiots-actor-omi-vaidya-extends-support-to-sonam-wangchuk-amid-hunger-strike-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/real-life-funsukh-wangdu-needs-our-support-3-idiots-actor-omi-vaidya-extends-support-to-sonam-wangchuk-amid-hunger-strike-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Real-life Funsukh Wangdu needs our support\u2019: 3 Idiots actor Omi Vaidya extends support to Sonam Wangchuk amid hunger strike | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: Actor Omi Vaidya, who played Chatur Ramalingam in 3 Idiots, has voiced his support for Sonam Wangchuk<\/a>\u2019s agitation at Delhi\u2019s Jantar Mantar, urging people to support the education reform activist as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 17th day on Monday.Sharing a video message on social media, Vaidya invoked Wangchuk\u2019s connection with 3 Idiots, saying the man who inspired Aamir Khan\u2019s character Rancho was now fighting a real-life battle.“I don’t want Funsukh Wangdu to die. Hello idiots, pehchana? This is Omi Vaidya, Chatur from 3 Idiots and Sadiq from The Office, and I have an important message for you. I don’t really do this very often, so please listen up,” he said.\u201cMany of you know Sonam Wangchuk as the real-life inspiration behind Rancho from 3 Idiots. He has spent years working for education, innovation and the future of young people,\u201d the actor said.Appealing to the public to pay attention to the protest, Vaidya added, \u201cHe stood up for students and for change. Today, he needs our support.\u201d“Right now he is on a very long hunger strike. His blood sugar has gone down very much. I don’t know if you’ve heard about this. I don’t know if the media is reporting this. But this is a pretty important thing,” he added.The actor\u2019s message comes amid growing concern over Wangchuk\u2019s health, with several public figures expressing solidarity with the protesters and calling on the Centre to respond to their demands.<\/p>\n

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Sonam Wangchuk\u2019s health continues to deteriorate.He has lost 8.5 kg, while his blood pressure was recorded at 109\/70 mmHg, according to organisers monitoring his condition.Wangchuk joined the Cockroach Janta Party\u2019s protest at Jantar Mantar on June 28 and has been on an indefinite fast since then.The agitation, which entered its 25th day on Monday, seeks Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan\u2019s resignation over alleged irregularities in national-level examinations.Earlier, a group of eminent personalities, including writer Arundhati Roy, actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, and economist Jayati Ghosh, urged Wangchuk and other protesters to call off their fast while extending support to their demands.\u201cWe worry that their negligence in responding to your demands will only worsen the already fragile state of health that many of you are in,\u201d the signatories said in a joint statement.The statement described the movement as \u201ca marathon, not a sprint\u201d and appealed to the hunger strikers to preserve their strength for the days ahead.The protest organisers have announced a march to Parliament on July 20, coinciding with the start of the monsoon session.<\/div>\n


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