India, June 29 -- Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in support of the ongoing protest by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical political movement, for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) paper leak.

The 59-year-old educationist was joined by the six members of the Left-affiliated All India Students' Association (AISA), including the organisation's president, Neha, and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union joint secretary Danish Ali. Their other demand is the scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA) - an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education tasked with con...