Indian Cockroach activist ends hunger strike after 26 days as protests spread
Sonam Wangchuk secures ‘hard bargain’ with Delhi but talks between government and movement leaders stallThe Cockroach activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a 26-day hunger strike, as youth-led protests continued to erupt across India and leaders of the movement said there was no breakthrough in talks with the government.Wangchuk had been fasting since June in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata party (CJP), a new youth-led movement that has been holding mass protests calling for government accountability and the resignation of the education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, over exam paper leaks. The leaks affected 2 million students in May and have been linked
Source: guardian-world