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India activist ends hunger strike after 26 days

India’s activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a hunger strike after 26 days of fasting in support of youth-led protesters demanding education reforms.

In a post on X, Wangchuk – better known as “Sonam sir” – said he did so “after a long negotiation on various conditions” and also to avert “possible violence in the country”.

Wangchuk, 59, went on strike to support the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), whose members also demand the resignation of India’s education minister.

The activist earlier said he had lost 11kg (24lb) but was “still alive”. He was forcibly removed from a protest venue in Delhi last Saturday and taken to hospital.

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