New Delhi, July 14 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday spoke to climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and appealed to him to call off his fast during the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar.

Yadav said he had called the Ladakh activist to enquire about his condition and extended the party's "open support" to Wangchuk's satyagraha. He urged Wangchuk to heed the appeals coming from across the country and the world, and to pause the protest for a few days to recover.

Taking a swipe at the BJP, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said Wangchuk should help expand the campaign against a "negative, corrupt, dishonest, anti-democracy, communal" government.

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