Filmmaker Kiran Rao voiced support for activist Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike. Wangchuk is protesting alleged irregularities in the NEET examination results. Rao expressed distress over the government's silence on the ongoing protest. She urged authorities to engage in dialogue with the concerned protestors. The activist's hunger strike has continued for nineteen days.

It has been 17 days since activist Sonam Wangchuk began his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi with the Cockroach Janata Party. | Bollywood

Their appeal comes a few hours after actors Zeenat Aman, Omi Vaidya, Prakash Raj and Shreya Dhanwanthary publicly backed Sonam Wangchuk's movement. | Bollywood