A social media post on X by user Mudrika Kavdia calling engineer, climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk as "stupid" went viral amid Wangchuk's ongoing hunger strike.
The user stated in her post, "This is the country where Sonam Wangchuk is the problem. Where students get their exam papers leaked and nobody resigns. Where a 57 year old man starving himself for 17 days is less newsworthy than a Bollywood actor's airport look. This country, Indian judiciary and government is seriously broken. And right now something is very, very broken. Happy 15th August in advance. The flags are already being ironed."
Reuters reported that the Education Ministry, Dharmendra Pradhan and the government's chief spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment on the protest.
Three student activists associated with the protest also had to be hospitalised as the agitation continued. Another protestor reportedly fainted at the protest site and was taken to the hospital. Doctors and volunteers have continued monitoring Wangchuk's condition.
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