‘Have lost faith’: Sonam Wangchuk’s wife moves Delhi HC to shift him from Safdarjung Hospital

Gitanjali J Angmo, activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, said on Sunday that she had moved the Delhi High Court seeking permission to shift him from the government-run Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.

“I have lost faith in Safdarjung Government Hospital,” said Angmo, alleging discrepancies in Wangchuk’s health reports.

Wangchuk has been on a hunger strike since June 28. His fast 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.

On Saturday morning, the activist was forcibly removed from the protest site at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and taken to the hospital by the police.

In a social media post on Sunday, Angmo alleged that the hospital had told her that Wangchuk’s potassium level had dropped to 2.9 and described it as “life-threatening”.

However, the hospital’s public health bulletin omitted the figure and referred only to “decreasing potassium levels”, she added.

She claimed that an independent laboratory test conducted later found his potassium level to be 3.5, within the normal range.

I have lost faith in Safdarjung Government Hospital.
The hospital told us @Wangchuk66’s potassium had dropped to 2.9, describing it as alarming and life-threatening. Yet, in its public health bulletin, it conveniently omitted the actual number, referring only to "decreasing…— Gitanjali J Angmo (@GitanjaliAngmo) July 19, 2026

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