Social activist Sonam Wangchuk urges people to join July 20 march; refuses to end fast

STC NEWS DESK
NEW DELHI, JULY 16 (STC): Social activist Sonam Wangchuk has urged people to strengthen the Cockroach Janta Party’s proposed Parliament march on July 20.
Ruling out ending his indefinite hunger strike despite appeals from political leaders and supporters, he said students in schools and colleges should participate “in a real lesson in political science and democracy”.
Reports quoting him state that “breaking the fast without any response from the government would send the wrong message.”
“What would change if he ended the fast?” he questioned.
“If I eat, what message will go? The message to the government will be that there is no need for accountability. Protesters sit and leave…” said Wangchuk.
In a video message shared late on Wednesday night — day 18 of his hunger strike, Wangchuk said, “I have received thousands of messages asking me to break my fast. Many senior politicians have come to me and spoken to me with love and concern.”
Some have even approached the court seeking directions to make me eat, he said.
“My condition is not such that I will die in two-four days. Many medical tests have been conducted and the results are quite normal for an 18-day fast. An ECG was also done and it is not bad. I can continue for many more days,” he said.

Instead of appealing to him to end the fast, Wangchuk has requested all schools, colleges and universities to observe July 20 as a day of experiential education under the National Education Policy. “Students will get to witness and participate in a real lesson in political science and democracy,” he said.
“Come in thousands on July 20. Together, we will hand over this issue to the Parliament. Then I will believe that it has gone into the right hands,” Wangchuk said.
Notably, the Cockroach Janta Party has been staging a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and has called for a Parliament march on July 20, the opening day of the Monsoon session.
(Straight Talk Communications I Source PTI)