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MP Demands Care for Hunger Striker Amid Protests

12/18/2025

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  • Zarah Sultana, Coventry South MP, protested outside HMP Bronzefield to demand medical care for hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah, who has refused food for 46 days.
  • Sultana claimed the prison denied an ambulance, prompting her intervention.
  • Zuhrah was transferred to hospital after the protest.
  • In Madhya Pradesh, Congress MLAs protested plan to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, launched in 2005 to guarantee 100 days of rural employment.