'India needs your voice': Shashi Tharoor urges Sonam Wangchuk to end hunger strike
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has written an open letter urging climate activist Sonam Wangchuk to end his hunger strike. Tharoor also expressed support for students protesting against alleged irregularities in competitive examinations.
Why it matters
The intervention of a high-profile politician highlights the growing national tension regarding youth unemployment and the integrity of India's education system.
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday penned an open letter expressing solidarity with the students protesting at Jantar Mantar over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, while urging climate activist Sonam Wangchuk to end his indefinite hunger strike.He appealed to Wangchuk to end his fast, saying the climate activist had "awakened the conscience of the nation". "To Shri Sonam Wangchuk-ji, my heartfelt appeal: please end your fast. You have awakened the conscience of the nation; that is what a fast is meant to do. India needs your voice for the long road ahead," he said, in an open letter.With Parliament in session again from Monday, we will have an opportunity to raise the students’ issues in the highest forum of our democracy. That’s where the problem should be addressed, not by fasting unto death. Please heed my plea.
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