Dhruv Rathee, who had earlier lent support to Sonam Wangchuk, has now again voiced his support and slammed the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government for keeping mum till now on Sonam Wangchuk despite his ailing health due to the hunger strike.

In the recent Instagram video, Dhruv Rathee labelled the Prime Minister as the “most selfish and unaccountable Prime Minister that India has ever seen”. Rathee was speaking on the matter of Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike, which is nearing 20 days now, with reports coming that Wangchuk has lost nearly 9 kgs of weight and significant muscle mass.

Rathee also gave a sarcastic remark that the Prime Minister will eventually respond with a condolence message when the news will arrive that Wangchuk is no more due to the hunger strike, a case similar to activist GD Agarwal’s case, when the Prime Minister tweeted about Agarwal’s death, who died of a hunger strike for protesting the cleaning of the Ganga river.

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Elaborating on his support for Sonam Wangchuk, Rathee opined that the prime minister is quiet on matters like Ethanol blending, Ram Temple donation theft, and is mainly concerned about his foreign trips. Rathee urged opposition members to unite and

It has been nearly 18 days now since Sonam Wangchuk started his hunger strike for demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Very recently, reports have emerged that Wangchuk’s health has deteriorated significantly, with nearly 9 kg of weight loss. As soon as this news went viral, many celebs like Shabana Azmi, Soni Razdan, Arvind Kejriwal, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nasseeruddin Shah, etc have publicly voiced support for Wangchuk.

Dipke and Wangchuk plan to march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament on 20 July if Dharmendra Pradhan doesn’t resign by then.