Congress Backs Sonam Wangchuk's Hunger Strike, Amid MP Introduction Mix-Up

On the 19th day of his hunger strike over the NEET controversy, Sonam Wangchuk received support from the Congress, led by general secretary K C Venugopal. Sonia Gandhi, despite some internal skepticism, directed the party to back Wangchuk, drawing a parallel to her mother Indira Gandhi’s 1984 intervention with Wangchuk's father. Meanwhile, at Jantar Mantar, an announcement slip-up introduced Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav as “yuva MP Dimple Kapadia,” briefly lightening the mood. Additionally, UNION JAL Shakti Minister C R Patil launched a campaign distributing notebooks featuring PM Narendra Modi to promote water conservation among schoolchildren in Uttar Pradesh villages along the Ganga, particularly focusing on Varanasi.