Salman Khan urges Sonam Wangchuk to end hunger strike: ‘If you want, will send you food from home’
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Salman Khan has requested Sonam Wangchuk to end his hunger strike. What Salman shared about student protests Taking to his Instagram account on Thursday, Salman wrote, “The students are at top priority, educationally n security-wise, so they need not worry and have their parents worried for them. The Honorable Prime Minister has tweeted, and I am sure that he will take strict action against all those people who are responsible for this leak. So students, plz go back to your parents n homes.”
Adding to this, View this post on Instagram A post shared by Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan)
Meanwhile, Addressing the hunger strike by Sonam Wangchuk, Salman added, “Sonam, it’s done, bro. Don’t extend this. Keep the spirit for another day if there be a need, which I doubt, n eat something. If u want, will send u food from home.”
Notably, Originally a climate activist based in Ladakh, Wangchuk sat on an indefinite fast on June 28 at Jantar Mantar in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party that was demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan ’s resignation over paper leaks. Delhi Police forcibly shifted him to Safdarjung Hospital on July 18 and later moved him to Medanta following a Delhi high court order on Tuesday, continuing his fast through the hospitalisation.
As per the latest buzz, He shared on Wednesday that he was ready to break his hunger strike if the government gave him assurances on key demands, including no legal action against agitators who mounted a massive protest that rocked Delhi earlier this week.
In further updates, Wangchuk rolled out a video from his hospital bed at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, hours after he wrote an open letter to Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh, who met him for 45 minutes around midnight on Tuesday. “Ministers, opposition leaders with (a letter) signed by 65 MPs appealed to me to end the hunger strike and get back to serving the nation. I also want to do it; my work is important too. But I request the government not to use force against children,” he shared in the video.
On top of that, “I demand an assurance for no accusations or FIRs through which they can be threatened with police or jails. If I get the assurance soon, respecting your sentiments, I can break my fast today. But if I do not receive such assurance, unfortunately I will have to continue my hunger strike.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday shared that the government has decided to set up fast track courts to punish those responsible for paper leaks. “Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth!”, he posted on his official X account.
Source: Hindustan Times