NEW DELHI: Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended his hunger strike after 26 days, he said on Friday. He said in a post on X that he had ended his fast after “a long negotiation on various conditions and in view of possible violence in the country.” Wangchuk, 59, had been on a hunger strike since June 28 in solidarity with India’s youth-led “cockroach movement” that is demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over medical college entrance test paper leaks.

Sonam Wangchuk’s fast in solidarity with Cockroach movement protests joins a long tradition.

Sonam Wangchuk, on his 25th day of hunger strike, seeks government assurance against legal action for students and protesters involved in the _Chalo Sansad_ march.

Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike after government assurances. The Centre promised no legal action against peacefully protesting students. This breakthrough…