The All India Students Association (AISA) on Monday announced that the three student leaders, Neha Bora, Manish Kumar and Amin Amituge, have ended their 23-day hunger strike at Jantar Mantar following an appeal filed by a delegation led by parliamentarians Manoj Jha, Rajaram Singh and Amra Ram, along with Dr Yogendra Yadav, lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Professor Atul Sood and actors Prakash Raj and Shabana Azmi.
The delegation appealed to the students to end the matter quickly as Dr. Yogendra Yadav said, “This is not an end to the hunger strike, but an end to this form of struggle.” Dr. Manoj Jha added: “What you have achieved is tremendous, as this government stands exposed on all fronts.” Shabana Azmi said: “We have failed as a generation to provide goodness to our generation, but you have shown us the way forward.” “Your struggle will also roar in the house of democracy from today onwards. You have shown all the opposition the path of struggle,” Rajaram Singh concluded.
The three student leaders lost more than 12% of their body weight, suffered dangerously low blood sugar levels, and suffered severe effects on their organs while fasting, AISA claimed. The organization also announced that it will launch a month-long campaign against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 alongside the ongoing Parliament session, echoing the demands raised during the hunger strike at Jantar Mantar.
“Sansad chalo”
Meanwhile, protesting activists and students gathered at Jantar Mantar ahead of the ‘Chalo Sansad’ rally proposed by the RJD. Gitanjali Angmu, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, outlined the priorities she wants the protesters to adhere to throughout the day.
“We will focus on this march. There are three very important points today. First, we will focus on conducting the march peacefully. Let us focus on the issue – the issue of education, which is a vital need of this country and remain vigilant,” she told ANI at the protest site.
Activists affiliated with the CJP are preparing to try to march towards Parliament even as the Delhi Police maintains a strict security perimeter. The proposed march was first announced by Sonam Wangchuk, who has since been transferred from the protest site to Safdarjung Hospital after a 20-day hunger strike.
On Monday, CJP spokesperson Sourav Das signaled the organization’s readiness to engage in talks with the government on their long-standing demands for examination reforms. While he noted that the administration’s initiatives came late, he stated that they were still open to discussions to resolve the impasse surrounding the education system.
Das claimed that there is no clarity from the administration’s side despite its recent attempt to start talks, adding that “the ball is in their court.”
He said: “The administration is trying to open talks with the government. They came very late, but we opened our hearts and said we are ready to talk to them. There has been no clarity from their side yet. The ball is in their court.” Earlier in the day, Sonam Wangchuk said he would end his hunger strike if the government accepted accountability for recent failures in the education system, including paper leaks, or if MPs assured him that the issue of education accountability would be addressed during the government’s term. Parliament’s seasonal session begins on Monday.
(With inputs from agencies)
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