Indian activist ends fast but youth protesters still seek minister’s ouster

Wangchuk ends his 26-day hunger strike, but protesters reject the government’s response and continue demanding the education minister’s resignation over leaked entrance exam papers.

Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday over leaked medical school entrance exam papers that protesters say enabled cheating, but demonstrations demanding the education minister’s resignation were set to continue in the biggest youth-led challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‌government.