After Citing "Other Sorrows", Sonam Wangchuk's Hunger Strike Warning Over CJP Protest Crackdown
Activist Sonam Wangchuk has threatened a hunger strike following the mass detention of protesters in New Delhi who were demonstrating against alleged electoral irregularities. Wangchuk, who initially sat out the protest, condemned the government's actions as an 'undeclared emergency' after learning of the arrests.
Why it matters
The escalation of protests and the involvement of prominent activists signal growing civil unrest regarding the integrity of democratic institutions in India.
Activist Sonam Wangchuk, a face of the Cockroach Janta Party's maiden protest that forced the education minister's resignation in July, was not at the youth movement's October 10 protest, but has now reacted in support, a day after saying he had other important things to do at home in Ladakh. "India in a state of undeclared Emergency," he said on X, decrying the mass detentions, including of CJP's Abhijeet Dipke and others. "I will be compelled to consider an Anshan Fast (hunger strike) or Padyatra March (foot march) if they are not released by tomorrow," he added, as the CJP and Opposition leaders were disallowed from protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi over the alleged electoral irregularities and "collusion" between the Election Commission and the ruling BJP.INDIA IN A STATE OF UNDECLARED EMERGENCY...
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