India, July 24 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk broke his hunger strike shortly after midnight on Friday in the presence of Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.

Wangchuk, whose hunger strike was nearing a month, had started fasting to support student protesters demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Follow live updates on the CJP protest here.

"Just now in the presence of Union Ministers Sh. JP Nadda, Dr. Jitendra Singh and the senior leaders of Apex Body of Leh Ladakh I finally broke my fast after 26 days... This was done after long negotiations on various conditions and in view of possible violence in the country. I will explain the conditions in detail in a separate...