GUWAHATI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Monday, July 20, appealed to the authorities at Safdarjung Hospital to allow him to temporarily leave the facility so he could participate in the 'Sansad Chalo' march to Parliament.
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In a handwritten note addressed to the Director and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital, Wangchuk said he was in good health and requested permission to join the protest.
"This is to state that I am feeling very fine today and my health parameters are also showing as quite normal. Hence I request you to kindly allow me to leave the hospital, even if temporarily so that I can join the march to the Parliament – 'Sansad Chalo' this morning. I shall be most grateful," he wrote.
The appeal came hours after Wangchuk announced that he would end his indefinite hunger strike only if three conditions were met.
In another handwritten letter shared from what he described as his "illegal detention" at Safdarjung Hospital, Wangchuk said his first condition was that the Centre must accept responsibility for the alleged failures in the education system, particularly the recent NEET question paper leak.
His second condition was that political leaders should assure him that the issue of the alleged paper leak would be raised in Parliament during the ongoing Monsoon Session.
As his third condition, Wangchuk said that if his health or other circumstances prevented him from joining the Parliament march, senior political leaders should visit him at the hospital and personally assure him that his first two demands would be fulfilled.
Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital after being removed from Jantar Mantar by the Delhi Police on Saturday. He has alleged that he is being held under "illegal detention", while authorities have not publicly responded to the claim.
Meanwhile, the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) 'Chalo Sansad' march was stopped by the Delhi Police amid heavy security deployment, with protesters being prevented from marching towards Parliament on the opening day of the Monsoon Session.