India, July 22 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk, whose hunger strike and forcible removal from Delhi's Jantar Mantar galvanised the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest movement against paper leaks and exam irregularities, is keen on a dialogue with the government, and the two sides are set to talk, people aware of the matter said on Wednesday. The people said Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitender Singh met Wangchuk on Tuesday night.

"The government is open to talks. We have been constantly saying so. they did not come to us earlier. Now that we have been told that he [Wangchuk] wants to communicate, we will talk," said a government functionary.

CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das maintained that the government reached out to Wangchuk for talks ...