{"id":5569,"date":"2026-07-27T08:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:24:54","slug":"rajghat-then-back-to-the-mountains-sonam-wangchuk-discharged-from-medanta-hospital-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5569","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rajghat, then back to the mountains&#8217;: Sonam Wangchuk discharged from Medanta Hospital | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132655888,imgsize-438938,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"'Rajghat, then back to the mountains': Sonam Wangchuk discharged from Medanta Hospital\" title=\"Sonam Wangchuk (Picture from his X account)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sonam Wangchuk (Picture from his X account)\">Sonam Wangchuk (Picture from his X account)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Scientist and environmental activist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sonam-wangchuk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonam Wangchuk<\/a> was discharged from Gurgaon&#8217;s Medanta Hospital on Monday after nearly a week of medical supervision following his prolonged hunger strike, which had ended days earlier.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>After his discharge, Wangchuk is scheduled to pay tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahatma-gandhi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahatma Gandhi<\/a> at Rajghat before returning to his home in Ladakh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Announcing the development on X, Wangchuk wrote with a video post, &#8220;AND FINALLY&#8230;. 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Will be going to Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and then back to the mountains.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>&#8220;Thank you all and BIG THANK YOU to the wonderful team of doctors and staff at Medanta Hospital Gurgaon,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Wangchuk had come into the spotlight after leading a 26-day hunger strike at New Delhi&#8217;s Jantar Mantar, becoming the face of the student agitation demanding the resignation of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dharmendra-pradhan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dharmendra Pradhan<\/a> as Union education minister over the NEET UG paper leak.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>During his 26-day long hunger strike Wangchuk lost over 10 kg body weight.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The protest concluded after multiple rounds of talks between a delegation of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the Centre. Pradhan later resigned from his post, following which the Narendra Modi-led government appointed senior BJP leader Pralhad Joshi as the new Union education minister.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/rajghat-then-back-to-the-mountains-sonam-wangchuk-discharged-from-medanta-hospital\/articleshow\/132655928.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonam Wangchuk (Picture from his X account) NEW DELHI: Scientist and environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk was discharged from Gurgaon&#8217;s Medanta Hospital on Monday after nearly a week of medical supervision following his prolonged hunger strike, which had ended days earlier.After his discharge, Wangchuk is scheduled to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat before returning 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