In the early hours of July 24, climate and education activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike at a Gurugram hospital after extracting from the Indian government what oral assurances alone could not provide: written commitments. The government pledged not to prosecute peaceful protesters, including those who marched to Parliament on July 20, and agreed to bring examination accountability and NEET-UG paper leak reforms before Parliament. Behind the negotiation lay a deeper human reckoning — students had died by suicide in the wake of the leaked exam, and a movement had grown insistin
Wangchuk ends 26-day fast after govt commits to written assurances on NEET reforms
Students died by suicide following the NEET-UG paper leak controversy, prompting the government to consider suitable compensation for affected families.