Srinagar, July 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday questioned the silence of Centre over the climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's indefinite hunger strike.

Omar said Wangchuk has been on a hunger strike and it seems that Central government was not concerned on the issue.

"It has been 19 days since he has been on a hunger strike. As far as I know, he has only one demand: that the education minister should either resign or should be removed from his post over the NEET paper leak. He has already lost around nine kilograms and it is affecting his health. The government seems not to budge an inch and appeal him to end his fast," Omar said.

The Chief Minister said politics should never overshadow humanity and compassi...