Hrithik Roshan backs Sonam Wangchuk amid hunger strike

Actor Hrithik Roshan expressed support for activist Sonam Wangchuk during his indefinite hunger strike, saying he agrees with his concerns about students. Several film personalities, including Zeenat Aman, Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol, have also backed the activist

New Delhi: Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan extended support to activist Sonam Wangchuk amid his hunger strike and said he agrees with his concern for students.

The activist has been on an indefinite hunger strike after joining the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) protest demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination since June 28.

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Roshan shared a video of Wangchuk on his Instagram Story on Friday. It featured the activist speaking about students.

“When will you wake up? Twenty souls have taken their own lives. They work hard all their lives to sincerely prepare and succeed in these examinations, and even those examinations are rigged. It means a lot to them,” he is heard saying in the video.

He then explained that students who cheat in examinations will not become qualified professionals and will only cause harm to society.

Roshan, who essayed the role of mathematician and educator Anand Kumar in the 2019 film “Super 30”, said he agrees with the statement. He recalled learning about the trauma students go through while working on the film.

“This sounds true. I learnt about the trauma students go through when I played a teacher in one of my movies,” the actor wrote.

According to the latest medical bulletin, the activist has lost more than nine kilograms since beginning his fast.

Several film personalities, including Zeenat Aman, Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol, have extended their support to Wangchuk.