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Police Remove Activist, Delhi Students Demand Minister Resignations

7/20/2026

Summary

Story summary

Police forcibly removed activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar, triggering student demonstrations across Delhi.
The Delhi High Court ordered health monitoring for Wangchuk and rejected a petition to force-feed him.
Protesters of the Cockroach Janta Party demand resignations of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing exam paper leaks and student suicides as evidence of systemic corruption.
Activists urge peaceful resistance despite heightened security.

History

Historical Context

In June 1975 President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s advice, proclaimed a national Emergency that suspended civil liberties and led to the arrest of over 100,000 opponents. The Supreme Court’s later basic-structure ruling curbed such executive excesses, a legal legacy invoked today as activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar and protests target Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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Story summary

Police forcibly removed activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar, triggering student demonstrations across Delhi.
The Delhi High Court ordered health monitoring for Wangchuk and rejected a petition to force-feed him.
Protesters of the Cockroach Janta Party demand resignations of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing exam paper leaks and student suicides as evidence of systemic corruption.
Activists urge peaceful resistance despite heightened security.

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