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"Allow Me To Leave Hospital To Join Parliament March": Sonam Wangchuk

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Ashutosh Tripathi
"Allow Me To Leave Hospital To Join Parliament March": Sonam Wangchuk
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Activist Sonam Wangchuk has requested hospital authorities to allow him to attend a protest march to Parliament while continuing his hunger strike. He is demanding government accountability regarding recent education system failures and paper leaks.

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The situation highlights ongoing tensions between civil society activists and state authorities regarding public policy and protest rights.

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Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was taken against his will on Saturday to a hospital by the Delhi police on the 21st day of his hunger strike, has requested the Safdarjung Hospital to allow him to leave "even if temporarily" to participate in the Cockroach Janta Party's Parliament march.The 59-year-old maintains that he was feeling "very fine" and that his health parameters are normal."I am feeling very fine today and my health parameters are also showing as quite normal. Hence, I request you to kindly allow me to leave the hospital, even if temporarily, so that I can join the march to Parliament -- Sansad Chalo -- this morning," Wangchuk wrote in a handwritten letter addressed to the medical superintendent at Safdarjung Hospital."I shall be most grateful," the letter dated July 20 said.Sonam Wangchuk is trying hard to see you all!

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