Rohtak, July 20 -- The Haryana unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday slammed the Union government over the alleged forcible removal of environmentalist and social activist Sonam Wangchuk from his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, calling the incident a "black day for democracy".

Addressing party programmes in Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat and Sonepat, Haryana AAP president Dr Sushil Gupta accused the government of suppressing the voice of students protesting against examination paper leaks. He alleged that instead of engaging in dialogue with Wangchuk, who has been on a 21-day hunger strike demanding reforms in the education system and action against paper leaks, the government resorted to force.

Gupta alleged that police personnel in ci...