India, July 20 -- Three student leaders who had been on a hunger strike for over three weeks in support of activist Sonam Wangchuk and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) ended their fast on Monday.

Three student leaders, Neha Bora, Manish Kumar and Aameen Amitoj of the All India Students' Association (AISA), ended their 23-day hunger strike at Jantar Mantar following an appeal by a delegation comprising Opposition MPs, activist Yogendra Yadav, advocate Prashant Bhushan, and actors Prakash Raj and Shabana Azmi, among others.

According to a statement issued by AISA, the hunger strike had "concluded" but the "struggle by other means" would continue. AISA claimed the three student leaders had each lost over 12% of their body weight and suffere...