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Indian activist moved to hospital after 20-day hunger strike to protest country’s exam system

NEW DELHI: Delhi police forcibly moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital on Saturday (Jul 18) over health concerns after 20 days of his hunger strike to protest against India's examination system.Wangchuk, 59, has been fasting since Jun 28 to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations to study medicine. A few hundred students have also joined Wangchuk around his stage at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar in recent weeks, with other protests also organised by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party online movement."As per the orders of ... high court and on expert medical advice due to deteriorating health condition of Sonam Wangchuk, he has been shifted to the hospital for essential medical care," a deputy commissioner of Delhi polic
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