Activist Sonam Wangchuk has been discharged from Medanta Hospital after ending a 26-day hunger strike aimed at addressing the NEET paper leak and demanding educational reforms. His protest led to assurances from the government that the issue would be raised in Parliament and resulted in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Wangchuk plans to visit Rajghat before returning to his home in the mountains.

Activist Sonam Wangchuk has been discharged from Medanta Hospital after ending a 26-day hunger strike aimed at addressing the NEET paper leak and demanding educational reforms. His protest led to assurances from the government that the issue would be raised in Parliament and resulted in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Wangchuk plans to visit Rajghat before returning to his home in the mountains.

Activist Sonam Wangchuk has been discharged from Medanta Hospital after ending a 26-day hunger strike aimed at addressing the NEET paper leak and demanding educational reforms. His protest led to assurances from the government that the issue would be raised in Parliament and resulted in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Wangchuk plans to visit Rajghat before returning to his home in the mountains.

After days of protests and stir, activist Sonam Wangchuk has been discharged from Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Monday. 

"AND FINALLY.... I'm being discharged from the hospital. Will be going to Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and then back to the mountains," wrote Wangchuk on X.

He also thanked those who supported him during his hospital stay. 

Wangchuk had joined the agitation on June 28 and remained on an indefinite hunger strike for 26 days. He was forcibly shifted to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi Police on July 18. 

Following a Delhi High Court order, Wangchuk was shifted to Medanta Hospital. 

Wangchuk had ended his hunger strike after the Centre agreed to his "listed" demands. His first condition is that the government takes accountability for the alleged "failures" in the education system, especially the recent NEET question paper leaks.  The second condition is that political leaders assure him that the paper leak issue will be raised in Parliament. The third demand, Wangchuk said, is that top political leaders must visit him at the hospital and give assurance of the other two conditions. 

He had also demanded that the Centre not take any cases against protesters. 

While visiting him at the hospital, Union minister J.P. Nadda had assured Wangchuk that no cases would be taken against peaceful protesters. 

Wangchuk had joined Cockroach Janta Party's protest seeking the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and examination reforms following the NEET paper leak. The protest ended on Saturday with the resignation of Pradhan. 

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