CJP protest: Police force Sonam Wangchuk into hospital, Dipke begins indefinite hunger strike

Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike since June 28, was forcibly taken to hospital by the Delhi Police on Saturday. The police claimed that he had been shifted to hospital for “essential medical care” in compliance with a High Court order.

Wangchuk’s fast at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, which is part of a protest led by the political campaign Cockroach Janta Party demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged mismanagement of competitive examinations, had entered its 21st day on Saturday.

The activist has been admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital, Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali Angmo said on social media.

Here are more updates from the protest:

Dipke’s fast

• Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, who was allegedly stopped by the police from returning to the protest site on Saturday morning, reached Jantar Mantar and began an indefinite hunger strike.
• Dipke called for nationwide peaceful protests. “We need to send a message that the people won’t accept this kind of dictatorship,” he said in a video shared by the political campaign.
• He said that Wangchuk’s removal from the protest site would not end the campaign and reiterated the protester’s plan to march to Parliament on Monday, when the Monsoon Session begins. “Until now, we were demanding Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation,” ANI quoted him as saying. “But after this despicable act,...

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