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Sonam Wangchuk says Rahul Gandhi refused to break his fast

Sonam Wangchuk says Rahul Gandhi refused to break his fast
Sonam Wangchuk wanted Rahul Gandhi to break his hunger strike, Congress chose ego and parallel politics · opindia.com

There was a big problem in India when students who took a medical exam called NEET were very upset about a paper leak.

A man named Sonam Wangchuk, who helps build schools and cares about the environment, decided to help the students.

He sat at a place called Jantar Mantar and stopped eating food for 26 days to ask leaders to fix the problem.

He asked a famous leader named Rahul Gandhi to come and help him end his fast.

Sonam's wife also asked Rahul Gandhi for help, but they did not get a good answer.

In the end, Sonam stopped his fast at a hospital, with two government ministers next to him.

While that was happening, Rahul Gandhi held his own protest near the Prime Minister's house.

Some people think Rahul Gandhi should have helped Sonam end the fast together.

Others think Rahul Gandhi wanted to run his own protest to get more attention.

The whole story is about how leaders decide to work together or do their own thing during a protest.

Key facts

Hunger strike start
28 June 2026
Hunger strike end
24 July 2026
Hunger strike duration
26 days
Locations
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi; ended at Medanta Hospital
Key demands
Resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan; compensation for students over the NEET paper leak
Ministers present at fast's end
JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh
Congress outreach program
Chhatron Ki Goonj
Parallel protest
Outside PM Modi's residence on 20 July 2026, during the CJP's 'Chalo Sansad' march

Quotes

Sonam Wangchuk

Climate activist and education reformer

“Actually, we were pondering on breaking my fast through the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, and Geetanjali was working on that. She was not against Rahul. She was working hard to see if Rahul Gandhi could break my fast. She didn’t get a positive response.”
opindia.com

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