Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Tribal Hostel Hunger Strike Enters Fifteenth Day
Students at a government Tribal Hostel have been protesting for 15 days.
Vijaykumar Bamale has been refusing food during the protest.
He said he had been taken to a hospital four times in recent days.
He also said he would continue until the students’ demands were met.
Maharashtra minister Ashok Uike said the government would meet all of the demands.
He said the students received this promise in writing.
Uike asked them to stop protesting and return to their normal studies.
The students’ response to his statement was not reported.
Vijaykumar Bamale has been on hunger strike for more than two weeks.
Bamale said he had been hospitalised four times in recent days.
He said he would continue the protest until his demands were met.
Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike said all demands would be accepted.
Uike said the commitments had been given to students in writing and urged them to end the protest.
- Who
- Tribal Hostel students, hunger striker Vijaykumar Bamale, and Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike.
- What
- A hunger strike over the students’ demands reached its fifteenth day, while the minister said the demands would be met.
- When
- The strike had completed 15 days; Bamale made his comments on Thursday.
- Where
- At a government Tribal Hostel in Maharashtra.
- Why
- The students were protesting to press their demands, but the specific demands were not stated.
Students’ Protest
Government’s Response
Whether to end the hunger strike
Students’ Protest
Bamale said he would remain at the protest until the students’ demands were met, even saying he would stay until death.
Government’s Response
Ashok Uike said the government had accepted 100% of the demands and urged the students to withdraw the protest and resume their studies.
Status of the demands
Students’ Protest
The students continued protesting, indicating that they had not yet ended their campaign.
Government’s Response
Uike said all demands would be fulfilled and that the commitment had been given in writing.
- Protest duration
- 15 days
- Hunger striker
- Vijaykumar Bamale
- Hospitalisations
- Bamale said he had been hospitalised four times in recent days.
- Government representative
- Ashok Uike, Maharashtra’s Minister of Tribal Development
- Government position
- Uike said all of the students’ demands would be met.
- Written commitment
- Uike said the assurances had been provided to the students in writing.