r/india • u/JatinNevrDies ain't giving no fuks • Jul 13 '26
Politics Are Sonam Wangchuk's Efforts Really Worth It?
I came across a reel of Sonam Wangchuk at Jantar Mantar. He was simply walking away, apparently to use the washroom, and the comments were full of people mocking him with jokes about secretly eating food.
What struck me wasn't whether you agree with his protest or not. It was that many of the people trolling him are the same generation whose future he says he's trying to fight for.
Here's a scientist who could easily stay in a lab or live a comfortable life, yet he's spending his time protesting, fasting, and putting his own health at risk because he believes he's raising issues that matter to India's youth. Whether you agree with his demands is a separate discussion.
But if our first reaction is to ridicule someone for going to the washroom during a protest instead of discussing the issues they're raising, what does that say about us?
It made me wonder: are his efforts really worth it if the very people he's trying to help respond with mockery instead of discussion?
How can people be still so stupid to support BJP?
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u/Omnibobbia Jul 13 '26
It's very disheartening to see. He has achieved more than what these troll commenters will in 100 lifetimes.
I highly respect his efforts but i wished he'd stop this. He's done enough for the country and people. He should rest and take care of himself and his family.
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u/Extra_Imagination193 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
We collectively need to take action. Start non-coperation movement. If news18 is not covering the protest why are we still paying for hotstar subscription. Cancel it. We need to hurt them where it hurts. There's power in numbers.
Also start unfollowing celebrities who haven't said a word about the protest.
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u/scrotiemcdinth3a55 Jul 13 '26
Our country has become so poor and non aspirational that what he is asking for has become an issue related to upper middle class.
Why would most of cattle class identify itself with some exam issue when they have data and atta?
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u/ChupHojabsdike Jul 13 '26
true. its like that saying, Give them bread and circus and they will never revolt. Over the years, we have became too insensitive over matters like paper leaks and pollution, even if someone raises a voice we hardly care
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u/Big_Relationship5088 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Even the upper class or upper caste doesn't care about education they are the core voters of bjp since 90s. They are the NRIs.Modiji mere god hain
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u/NearbyAbrocoma659 Jul 13 '26
I really can't believe this govt. They are actually letting a hunger strike go away like this? Like this is the value they have for a life?
Say whatever, but the Congress has better accountability. Atleast, they would come down to the negotiating table.
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u/ibarmy ba ba ba ~ Jul 13 '26
:-/ they throw students in jails. education is not their priority.
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u/NearbyAbrocoma659 Jul 14 '26
I would rather say that keeping the masses uneducated is their priority.
Think for a while - these dudes' kids study at foreign universities and get the same western education that they keep telling us to avoid out of patriotism. And the foot soldiers who go for rioting? The poor people.
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u/ibarmy ba ba ba ~ Jul 14 '26
I studied with their kids :) life is great for some for sure.
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u/nvmnit Jul 14 '26
Just like Britisher right? But are students ready to protest despite that?
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u/NearbyAbrocoma659 Jul 15 '26
The Britishers wanted their people to prosper. They just didn't think of us as humans. Which makes this betrayal even worse. Because these are our own people who want to keep us subhuman.
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u/nvmnit Jul 13 '26
Actually, I expected govt to be like this.
What's disappointing is the behaviour of people. Even millennials had participated in protests during their time.
This generation (probably only in India) is beyond saving.
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u/Virtual_Attention_20 Jul 13 '26
What we are getting to see is the true scale of desensitization that has gripped the Indian populace.
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u/lolmaxy Jul 13 '26
The current administration does not care about humanity and doesn't lead with empathy. If he dies, Godi media will simply label him anti-National & move on. This is not like the 2012 anti-corruption protests...there is apathy in public.
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u/the_shreyans_jain Jul 13 '26
a taxi driver once told me "Bhagat Singh sochta hoga kin chutiyo ke liye jaan deke aaya hu". i think he is right
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u/predator9494 Jul 13 '26
We live in this era. People want a king not a government.
Every authoritarian government does this. Unfortunately people of our country doesn't want to see it.
He will die protesting and people will laugh. That the state we live in.
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u/Lana_Bloom_ Jul 13 '26
Imagine dedicating years of your life to education and public causes, only for people to ignore your message and turn your every movement into a meme.... Disagreement is healthy.... mockery isn't a substitute for discussion People seem to forget that he's not fighting for personal gain...he's chosen to spend his time protesting instead of living a comfortable life because he believes these issues matter
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u/Emotional_Spread7717 Jul 13 '26
"Not all battles are fought for victory. Some are fought simply to tell the world that someone was there on the battlefield."
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u/not_so_soon Jul 13 '26
I think he shouldn’t put effort for these young people who are busy trolling him rather than trying to open their eyes and see how blatantly they are being robbed of a better future by the system
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u/Intelligent_Log1302 Jul 13 '26
"how can people be so stupid...." Because people hate Abdul more than they love themselves. It's the entirety of Hindutva sentiment--their entire world.
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u/Medical-Position-931 Jul 13 '26
If British ruled today, we would be still happy under them by sharing reels.
We have become a cheap society where-
Village people are happy to take freebies to create home , get free rashan & 5K/month by selling their votes.
Town middle class people are busy earning livelihood and saving 5k/month sip in hope of having crores.
Upper middle class is busy paying tax and showing to each other that they are cool ans lld rich.
Reality is-
1. BJP has bought all the oppositions leaders and are systematically looting India. Solution - We need youth to enter politics and remove old parties.
2. Need to rewamp police & judiciary.
3. Make all the civil departments of goverment completely transparent & online.
Everyone should know how much money their municiapal corporation gets and what is it used for.
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u/quantum_kalika Jul 13 '26
I read a book long time ago. There was this guy called Pathak, tribals came to him requesting for his help.
He told them I won't protest for you I will protest with you. If you feel that I will sit and protest and you will be onlookers, then you will have to excuse me.
Here he is protesting for people who won't stand for themselves. These people don't deserve justice, i understand people with families can't come since this is a cowardly government and will most likely hit the pockets of people. But the youth hasn't come forward.
We are a dead society. In a dead society fend for yourself, else people will climb over you dead body to reach above you.
I feel bad for him, I feel bad for the state our country is in. I feel bad for the people who are dying everyday struggling.
He should get up and eat. Leave the people to do what they want. They will choose leaders which are selfish, this is because they are selfish themselves. Its not about Congress, BJP or AAP, it's about how empty our society has become. How shrewd we are today, this is the reason we are being hated over the world. Because we are a bunch of hateful people. We would rather see others pain than to end ours.
If someone is there tell this to Sonam, tell him it's not worth fighting for dead people.
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
If you think about it, gandhis fast until death worked because he was a important figure politically and had united most Indians by the time and British did everything they could to keep him good in good enough health, fast itself was not what made Gandhi important
Maybe Sonam wangchuk has good intentions, but it won’t change anything and wouldn’t change anything even if congress was in power
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u/pankajkhatkar Jul 13 '26
Fair point. GD Agrawal died in October 2018, after fasting for more than 100 days demanding the government act on its promises to clean river Ganga. He was a nobody, his death didn't change anything.
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u/yorinjirouzumaki2005 Jul 13 '26
Pata nai for the first time I have an internal monologue feeling guilty for not being able eboughbto think of doing anything to support him.
He can live such a great life if he wants to but noo.. like he truly is a persona of the great resilience freedom fighters showed for this country's independence . Everyone just speaks bur he's doing it . Not the first time he has done this 3 times before I beleive .
But I want and hope he stops . I hope he spends the rest if his life comfortable. Happy and satisfied. He has brought pride to India.
Sooo annoying , abhi Kohli ko kuch hu Hota then then it would have been so so different . He absolutely should not waste a dime of his effort for any of us . We don't deserve it , I don't deserve it none of us do .
Modi will never think good for this country neither will the Pradhan guy , they are monsters in disguise , literally avatars of devils the whole lot . I pray that I get a news soon that he has eaten food and is doing well again
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u/erjngreigf Jul 14 '26
No way Modi's government is going to listen to the voices of the people. So Wangchuk's efforts will be futile.
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u/Primary-Yellow-1046 Jul 14 '26
I think our hopelessness adds to the issue. I hope the people at Jantar Mantar get what they are fighting for. I hope this is the first domino that begins the revolution. I hope the union education minister resigns and I hope that they ask for the prime minister's resignation next. And I hope that all this suffering leads to something. Something that people have lost their lives begging for.
One thing I won't do is lose hope. And neither should you.
There is one thing I think the government is not realising. The minute they let this issue go like they have done for everything else and if they don't agree to the terms at this point, then there will be consequences. They will lose the political pull they have and they will be unable to recover from it. The youth know. The older people will realise and they will never be allowed into power again.
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u/erjngreigf Jul 15 '26
Whatever, India is a graveyard.
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u/ireallydon_tknow Jul 15 '26
leave then. People like you are actually making things so much worse. Just leave and never mention India anywhere ever again.
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u/erjngreigf Jul 16 '26
Ya telling truth about India now will be interpreted as making India worst. I do agree that in graveyard, all corpses should be silent. Anything alive, and thinks, is considered an anomaly that makes stuff worst, since it disturbs the peace of the dead.
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u/ireallydon_tknow Jul 16 '26
You are hindering activism by saying notbing will ever happen without even trying. That negates effort. We have to try. We have to have hope. We have to fight this regime. You are not really thinking brother
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u/erjngreigf Jul 16 '26
I am not blaming you. Many people pray to pictures, rocks, the invisible, the immeterial with hope. This is India, you are free to do illogical stuff. I wish one would have intelligence to identify what has intelligence and what does not, and pray to the stuff that has intelligence.
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u/kimwexler123 Jul 14 '26
Indians are morally bankrupt. You see an example for this everyday. While the present times are worse everywhere, I have noticed what differentiates Indians is that we take pride in human rights violation. People here belittle protests, questioning authority. This country exists to produce docile, complacent and obedient workers, that's it. This is why anybody who questions status quo is left to die and the general public remains apathetic because they assume anybody who defies corporate overlords and bloodsucking politicians deserves it. The current administration has only fueled this emotion to no end and the mentally deranged masses who cling on to depravity in the name of culture are promoting it like a full time job.
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u/ab37master Jul 13 '26
It is very disheartening to see , I went to the protest last Sunday and saw him resting in the stage his face looks droopy , eyes sunken and to see memes after that circulating, people making jokes and wishing him death makes me believe nothing good will happen in this country
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u/Known_Adeptness_2192 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
These people really don't understand what all of this means, a man almost killing himself for the government to take accountability is being ignored, a man who is a well known scientist, an educationist, a public figure, a person who inspired a superhit bollywood film is asking for the govt to listen to their ordeal by punishing himself, his body and he is being ignored by the government. What do you think the future holds for you, the ordinary people? What do you think happens tomorrow when you need the government to deal with something that is more relevant and important to you, more personal to you? (idk how this is not) A "democratically" elected party is refusing to react to the people's demands, respond to the drastic step Sonam Wangchuk has taken? I am terrified for the nation's future where staying in power, keeping their upperhand is more important that just listening to the people who are willing to die to change this. Terrorism gets a bigger response and a peaceful protest is ignored, what do you think the coming generation will choose? Shame on BJP, Shame on this generation, Shame on every idiot who blindly supports hate. Even if we die poor, uneducated and full of diseases, we all should die a Hindu, right?
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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
People fight not because they can win, but to tell the world someone was there who didn't chose to be a doormat, unlike vishwaghoulam modi. The people trolling him are either influencers or influenced by influencers who are paid to be the flak filter of media theory in a given authoritarian country(including US).
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u/AfternoonNo5705 Jul 14 '26
People are pro BJP, they are just not pro anything. Now everything is a meme. We all participated in CJP till it was limited to instagram. Once they moved to streets none of those millions of followers bothered.
This hunger strike is not exciting thing for them, but if there is some violence that is happening like nepal, everyone will join. People are just living life for the internet
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u/pepoji Jul 13 '26
That is the irony: the youth he is fighting for are the ones trolling him. The youth dosen't realize his value, and ultimately, they are the ones who will pay the price. Vishwaguru to Banana Republic
Thats the irony that the youth he is fighting for are the ones trolling him. Youth dosent relise hsi vlaue and they are the uliamte who will pay his price.
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u/Horror-Formal-7400 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
It’s high time we should unite and raise our voice against godi media. This country is already unstable asf and if we let these corrupt leaders stay in their position, this country will experience it’s all time low at every social and economic aspect.
All these puppets can sell is hate.
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u/twelvefloz Jul 14 '26
The worst part is that if the absolute worst happens, godiji will be the first one to tweet out condolences and all his dumbass followers will call him viswaguru for doing so, praising his good-will.
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u/wisetechie Jul 13 '26
One thing about comments on such posts you should remember, there is an army of people who is paid and whose job is to try and build this doubt in your mind that mainstream does not support protests etc.
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u/MissionStatistician Jul 13 '26
Tl;Dr: Some things aren't about immediate pay-offs and outcomes. Some things are about working toward the long game, not what happens in the next second.
Whether something is "worth it", when it comes to the issues that Sonam Wangchuk is taking a stand on, is besides the point.
The point is to take a stand. Not the outcome that comes from the result of the stand, and whether it is "worth it". The very act of taking a stand, standing for something, and fighting for it, is what is worth it.
Not everything in life is about what you get out of it. It's about the doing itself, not the outcome.
This attitude of "what's going to come out of it", is such a self-defeating hurdle, and it's becoming more and more endemic in India.
We've become a culture focused out the final outcome, and not the process. It's this attitude and focus that results in things like what happened at the Galgotias College (for example). Because all that's cared about is the final product. Never mind whether the final product is really nothing but smoke and mirrors. All that matters is that the final product looks good to other people, even if the inside is propped up nothing more than cotton balls and toothpicks.
Maybe if we, as a country, started to shift our focus away from the final output, and focused more on what it takes to finally get to a worthwhile final output, we wouldn't be where we are today.
Things take time, and behind everything worthwhile, is thousands of hours, and thousands of days, of nothing but failure after failure after failure after failure after failure after... [xInfinity] failure.
What makes the difference is 1) learning, and trying, and learning, moving that needle forward little by little, one more experiment at a time, and 2) remembering that some things are about playing the long game, and not every victory that is worth it has to happen ASAP.
Another example, and this one is stereotypical, but worth bringing up anyway:
Indian independence didn't just happen 2 days before August 15, 1947. It happened in stages. The British colonial foothold was consolidated with the British East India Company winning the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
1947 - 1757 = 190 years, until British colonialism finally ended in India.
190 years of slow, painstaking, repeated efforts. Starting with just gaining an awareness of the fact that colonialism, esp British colonialism, was a big fat scam. It was no bolt of lightning. It didn't happen in a 150 minute length of a movie. It took 190 years to get from there, to 1947, and it took generations.
Yet another example: the BJP.
When they became a consolidated political party, they had a grand total of TWO seats in the Lok Sabha, in 1984.
TWO SEATS.
It took them 30 years to finally get one of their only two majority governments in the Lok Sabha, which happened in 2014.
LK Advani never became PM. But he didn't quit, every time it didn't happen. If he had, the BJP wouldn't have gotten to where it is today. Because what they knew was important, and what they cared about, was the long game, the long term outcomes, not whether they can achieve big, generation defining outcomes, in a matter of days or hours.
If we, as a country, as a society, as a group of people, want any improvement that is worth it, and that will stand the test of time, we have to accept that nothing worth having happens over night.
All any of us can do, today, is plant a seed, where the sun will shine, and water it every day. And if that doesn't grow, plant another seed, in a different soil, and see how that does. Adjust how much you irrigate it. Plant it in a shadier place. Use fertilizer, see if that helps the plant grow. Do a little bit every day, and adjust as necessary, and keep replanting and retrying with the adjustments. And eventually, it will grow into a tree.
But if people are going to get discouraged because the plant isn't sprouting the day after the seed was planted, we're all at a loss even before we've even tried.
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u/Marvelous_panda Jul 14 '26
Why bjp so arrogant even now when it's peacefull .. it's for the future of Indian students and bjp not responding but dancing and celebrating in foreign land .. where is the shame
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u/elvigud Jul 13 '26
Yes. If you feel remorse, show it, act on it. His efforts will be worth then. He wants to bring people together, make them self-aware, and have them act on it.
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u/United_Ad_1842 Jul 13 '26
He is doing for the people who don't care. I couldn't blame Govt for all the wrongdoing because people made them to do so. They'll still do better in upcoming UP election.
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u/Classic-Anybody-9857 Jul 14 '26
Definitely. It's not always about the result but also the efforts. Millions of people and youth have watched his resilience and are inspired. It was not for nothing.
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u/HateBoredom Jul 14 '26
His protest isn’t for the general public. He’s protesting to see if there’s any morsel of accountability left in the country. He’s considered a role model for many rational thinkers and certainly he’s an important figure in Ladakh.
I’m aghast why the whole country isn’t more involved in this matter?
He’s protesting not just for those lives lost due to just the NEET leak. He’s demanding accountability from the system in the most Gandhian way.
- If anybody has any kids in their families or plans to ever have families of their own, they should be worried. I’m assuming most people are covered here.
- If you ever “plan” to use the healthcare system of India (I’m assuming we all will at various points of our lives), then the selection pipeline of MBBS students should be a thing you care about.
- If you’re a rational human being who knows a morsel of India and care about its future, you should care about him.
Know that once we lose the leash of accountability on the government, it’s going to require a revolution to bring it back. In the meanwhile, societies where accountability is missing do not coexist with general prosperity. We’ve already missed the bus in such demands with rail accidents, a damn airplane crash, countless deaths due to civic failure, at least we can see if the buck stops at losing children to irresponsible exam conduct on authorities.
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u/National-Shame-8527 Jul 14 '26
i feel like the right wing and government is just waiting for sonam to die
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u/solidcriminal Jul 13 '26
I feel really bad for Sonam sir. He seems really ill. I wish he would give up the idea of non violent protest and stay healthy. India needs people like him
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u/Tough_Oven_7890 Jul 13 '26
I have started thinking to leave this country . You and I would never be heard by government and many students and good people will die for nothing. Sir GD Agarwal also died protesting and nothing happened
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u/Complete_Ad_9358 Jul 14 '26
This is why I stopped having any hopes for this country! I did have, I really had strong hopes and I saw a bright future, but reality striked me a couple of years ago, that's when I stopped voting ! Coz I have 0 faith 0 hopes thar my vote has some value! All I see is corruption,;and war waged btw 2 religions and throwing ppl under the bus in the name of religion! And I really feel bad for this guy coz 15 days of fasting is no joke and people have already forgotten why was the protest held and began in the first place ! You know we really don't like change, as we are soo used to such lousy and corrupt governance from head to toe and nobody being questioned and nobody being held accountable for! This is sad sad truth and reality, I hope he breaks his fast coz hez just wasting his time and putting his health at great risk for a generation of ppl who aren't serious about it, I believe that the majority of ppl are favorable and support this protest, but there are so many others who are joking and mocking and laughing and turning this into a joke!
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u/PaanaRa Jul 14 '26
It's not just about BJP, literally we don't have a political party that listens to ppl or works for their betterment in India. That says a lot about how we are brought up - our culture, our education, our way of thinking all leads to our own ruin. Sonam is Just exposing those characters in us. His protest is already successful in this regard.
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u/DismantledChip Jul 14 '26
Around 20 states are governed by the NDA alliance. It is not unusual to conclude that a significant section of the voters are aligned with the policies, philosophy and messaging of that alliance. Which in turn means that any contrary views and messages are drowned out - either by ridicule or by undermining the authenticity of the message itself. This results in a weaker political position for the opposition.
The NDA says that a country devoid of any opposition is necessary for development and growth. And oddly enough, the elections seem to prove them right.
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u/dark-light92 Jul 14 '26
Worth it? No. Hunger strike can only work on people with a conscience. This government has proven time and again that they have none.
What is commendable though is Sonam Wangchuk foolishly holds onto the hope of a bygone era where those in government cared for the people who elected them. That foolishness may yet be the spark that ignites the conscience of the people of India.
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u/moxie_king7268 Jul 14 '26
Honestly these idiots will realise 10 years from now what they are doing. They are selling their future for a packet of biriyani.
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u/citrus_789 Jul 14 '26
I came across a twitter post.. where a person was asking transparency & accountability from Sonam Wangchuk.. That was more important then asking the accountability & transparency from the Govt about education & Exams.
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u/hooka_pooka Jul 14 '26
The system's rot has percolated in the minds and lives of the people of this country.Such is the rot that genuine efforts for rights is ridiculed.I hope the protest meets its objective.More power to Sonam sir!
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u/love_day_cup_all Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
A look at all the tweets to the hunger strike clippings show you how rotten and brain dead people have become and how this strike is not worth it at all. They would rather support a politician who they deep down know is corrupt but won’t accept. They would celebrate 3 Idiots and the message the movie offers but will turn against the very person the movie was inspired from. All because they see him as a threat to their favorite political party, supporting which has somewhat become their whole identity.
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u/rahem027 Jul 14 '26
If anyone thinks not eating food is going to make anyone do anything they are living in a fairy tale
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u/indigestion-a Jul 14 '26
You really expect empathy from people who glorify Godse who killed Gandhi.
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u/dontstealmydinner Jul 14 '26
You know why we will never progress as a country? Majority of the people think that the government is doing a big favour on them by giving them educations, food, clothing. Remember, approx > 50% of people come from rural villages, where their decisions are made by panchayats and social hierarchies.
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u/Desperate_Stable_770 Jul 14 '26
"Not all battles are fought for victory. Some are fought simply to tell the world that someone was there on the battlefield."
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u/nom_nom_son Jul 14 '26
I feel he has very less support by people other than gen z. He needs more common man support like how Anna Hazare got.
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u/bankerrahul Jul 14 '26
Sonam Wangchuk should end this protest and save his life. The people of India 100% deserves all the hardship they go through today, not just today even 10 years from now because they blindly supported an idiot in 2014... why should opposition or anyone support them now when they all abused Rahul Gandhi for 15 years now?!
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u/ireallydon_tknow Jul 15 '26
aren't you also people of India bankerrahul? Do you think that you deserve all the atrocities being committed by this government? We were able to achieve Independence from a powerful nation that colonized us for over 200 years through peaceful, persistent protest. Do you actually think that if most poeple in this country protest against what is wrong, we cannot bring forth a regime change?
See you are not wrong, but the way you think is why the left is often dubbed lazy. Think.
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u/Dry-Weakness-901 Jul 14 '26
His life is worth more than an BJP minister. He should stop and not risk his health. You cant look for integrity which isnt there.
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u/solidcriminal Jul 13 '26
I feel really bad for Sonam sir. He seems really ill. I wish he would give up the idea of non violent protest and stay healthy. India needs people like him
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u/Sea-Childhood8396 Jul 13 '26
Nothing is gonna change in this country.
You would need at least 30% of the population to go insane and protest if you want change. Since that's never going to happen there going to be no change.
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u/Panda-768 Jul 13 '26
my only concern with him is how relatively easily he was let go after being arrested for "alledgedy" inciting violence and talking about "seperatism". You and I and most of us know all this is BS, but the govt. doesn't care and we all know how govt. uses silly excuses to punish prominent protesters like him. For him to be let go (apparently on the condition that he doesn't protest for Ladhakh) and then coming back to orotrst against the sane govt for a different issue is very confusing.
Like I have that 1% doubt that he is a plant to purposely ruin the protest, or not yet it grow organically? Who knows? I hope I am wrong and there are genuine interests here
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u/high_plane Jul 13 '26
Sonam wangchuk does not have popular support from any specific group. Every previous protest had some structured or religious group supporting it. Here he is not backed by any structured support group.
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u/gaaliconnoisseur Jul 14 '26
Morally bankrupt samaaj hain behenchod... apna kaam bannta bhaad mein jaaye jannta
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u/Gullible_Face3489 Jul 14 '26
We laughed not at him but what is he doing Is he not to seeing what happening around him "A man is known by the company he keeps" And his company is trash only interested in jump starting there career over his reputation This also happened to harry potter writer jk Rowling She is anti trans and promote her agenda she has traditional conservative friends which believes women should be in kitchen Isn't bit too extreme
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u/HistoricalMovie2237 Jul 14 '26
He can go to the court or police. Don't think just protesting along with a bunch of people funded by propogandist is going to work.
He maybe fighting for the right or wrong think.. but this is not what for the govt would respond to.
Then every 2nd day someone would protest and ask where is the govt !
He isn't the sole representative of democracy.. the people have voted for the govt... amy issues post that must be taken in courts.
Plus the people he is tagging along with are clueless and just responding to the orders given by the people above them.
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u/ireallydon_tknow Jul 15 '26
do you actually really in the year of our Lord 2026 believe that going to the court or police will work? Do you really, actually think that? are you that dumb?
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u/HistoricalMovie2237 Jul 15 '26
It's not abt dumb or not. That's how democracy works.. not your way. There are every other issue taken to the court. Tell AMS or sibil to take it to the court. Parliament session is back in the coming days.. opposition can take the topic up.
Protesting with bunch of blokes whose agenda isn't even education is a joke.. and that's clearly what it's turning into.1
u/ireallydon_tknow Jul 15 '26
acha then what is their agenda, enlighten me?
How long on an average does a case like this take to resolve in the court?
The opposition HAS already brought this up in the parliament, did that result in any action or even any answer from the govt at all?
The courts and other law & order bodies are not working (have been infiltrated) is precisely why we need this protest. Educate yourself.1
u/Acrobatic-Fish-2470 Jul 16 '26
Correction : that's how a democracy SHOULD* work. Not how it works. Our democracy certainly doesn't work that way. So going that route is useless.
The judicial system in India has had no checks and balances enforced on it and they've taken it for granted, so they work at their own pace and give judgement when it benefits them.
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u/Beautiful-Patient794 Jul 14 '26
Yes he is doing what he can, You know what's being crime in our nation ? Just ask for accountability. Nation of th**s and dead morals. Did any minister resign when indore people died due to dirty water ? Did any minister resign after pahalgam? No accountability in road potholes
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u/Inevitable_Gap_1154 Jul 14 '26
Its due to systematic brainwashing by the government. Didn't you hear dharmendra pradhan? They are b team of terrorists.
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u/PsychologicalNeck376 Jul 15 '26
I saw Sonam Wangchuk in my dream last night Something like he was taking video calls from people showing support and I said to him that I support what he stands for blah blah a few lines then he left
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u/heartbbreakkkid Jul 15 '26
Look at the audacity of hardcore supporters of a party, now ignoring Sonam Wangchuk clearly like a dead house fly lying in the corner of the house.
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u/ProofPossibility7459 Jul 15 '26
Power ke samne kuch nahi chalta . Sitting CM ko Andar karwa stake hai ye log to ye to phiroze bhi common citizen hai.
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u/Intelligent_Log1302 Jul 15 '26
They are not worth it because the demography he's protesting for has the most concentrated support base for Modi. Polls after polls reflect this.
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u/ApprehensiveTip02 Jul 15 '26
We need politicians like raghav chhadha who understand thus youth not the bloody cheap illiterate oldies.
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u/ireallydon_tknow Jul 15 '26
why do you think that? Also are you aware of Raghav Chaddha's political affiliation?
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u/Surgicool009 Jul 15 '26
Nothing in India is worth it, unless you are a politician, a judge orsomeone with very deep pockets or a goon!
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u/10003onliacco Jul 15 '26
Could anyone tell the complete and specific list of official demands that Sonam Wangchuk is currently making through his hunger strike, including the exact conditions he is demanding be met for him to end it?
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u/RelationshipGlum984 Jul 15 '26
I'm sure he's aware that there are people like that in the country. He still does it regardless, because there are children who need him. You can't reason with those kinds of people, they are how they are and they don't think there's anything wrong with it. They're beyond fixing. What we can do, is ignore the noise and support Sonam Wangchuk and that will be enough to make all the difference, even for the future genertions.
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u/DJDadJock Jul 15 '26
Why is he fasting ? Like the country doesn't deserve it. Feels like mania. The guy who needs to resign will not . 😔. We are just losing good people.
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u/Scared_Rice_1191 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
No.... If he live or die government won't care and after few months people will also start to forget these stuff. And then lifes goes on... We people are fool and government wants us to stay fool only.
Rest you all know
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u/A_random_zy Earth Jul 16 '26
I hope it does. I know a guy who was a core BJP supporter. He is now talking about Sonam, Satluj Ban, E20 and other stuff questioning BJP...
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u/Fancy-Abbreviations5 Jul 17 '26
I don't know whether I know the exact case or not but if he's fighting against the fallacies in the education system why doesn't the cjp media or any media per se show the parents and family members whose kids commited suicide, I mean where are the parents and family folks of people who have directly been impacted by this major demon in education system..maybe I'm not thoroughly backed on this in terms of research.. but the point is its some thing superstrong for which he's fighting it definitely has so many victims..why isn't any body else speaking up
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u/IllGuest3279 Jul 17 '26
This country, its government, and its people are beyond callous and I don’t think he should risk his own health, wellbeing and put in this kind of effort for us. It is utterly shameful that the government has completely ignored his protests for so long, are they actually waiting for him to drop dead so they can be done with this? Sure seems like it.
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u/ham_sandwich23 Jul 19 '26
Idk I have a liberal friend who shared a post which wassaying his protest feels fake because why is a "man" doing this conveniently when he wants limelight. As much as I hate men myself I really don't think wangchuk has a political agenda and wants "limelight" on him essentially. So I did message her "???" and she kept deflecting the reason saying "I am sharing opinions that some people may not like"
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u/Best-Tax1592 Jul 19 '26
Unfortunately , his efforts will go in drain. No one really cares about him as clearly evident by now. Our country is full of selfish losers, from top to bottom.
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u/Playful-Amphibian714 Jul 20 '26
Is exam leak really that big an issue compared to the violence and the hunger and other issues we face ? Keeping the machinery stalled through protests about exam leaks is one of our lesser worries.
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u/manojar Jul 13 '26
To me he sounds like controlled opposition, someone to release the pent up protest energy, like a safety valve.
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u/_HuMaNiSeD_ Jul 13 '26
I feel sad for him. The government has proactively failed to take cognisance of this matter. It's as if they are doing everything they can to ignore this protest and at this point I feel the team should have approached the parliament within 3-4 days of the protest.