Activist Sonam Wangchuk can end his fast tomorrow, July 20, if political leaders meet him and assure to raise the issue of accountability and education in the Parliament’s Monsoon Session which begins that day, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo said on Sunday evening, news agency PTI reported.
Event Context
The AAP leader said repeated controversies surrounding the NEET had affected the credibility of the country’s public examination system.
Singh also referred to Wangchuk’s hunger strike over the issue and said the activist’s deteriorating health.
On Saturday, Wangchuk, on a hunger strike for more than 20 days, was forcibly removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police and put in Safdarjung Hospital.
Team Analysis
Several MPs have already met Wangchuk at the protest site and promised to raise the issue of NEET-UG paper leak and other matters during the session. These include Congress’s Shashi Tharoor, Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav, and multiple leaders of the AAP, besides Azad Samaj Party’s Chandrashekar Azad.
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AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday submitted a notice of motion under Rule 267, too, seeking suspension of the day’s listed business in the Upper House to discuss the alleged NEET paper leak and the demands raised by activist Sonam Wangchuk.
In his notice addressed to the secretary general of the Rajya Sabha, Singh said the issues were of urgent national importance and required immediate discussion.
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