TIWN July 20, 2026

AGARTALA, July 20 (TIWN): With forceful hospitalization of Indian climate, engineer activist Sonam Wangchuk, who started a hunger strike following nation’s one of the biggest paper leaks claiming lives of students — protests erupted also in Agartala on Monday.
The agitators raised demands for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and in solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk and his fight against corruption.
Talking to the media a youth explained he had to lie with his parents and he hid that he was coming to join paper-leak protests.
Youth lied to parents to join protests against Paper-Leak row in Agartala.
“Talking against the system is kind of inviting life-risks,” he said.
The protest took place in Agartala Circuit House in front of the Gandhi statue.
- Theft cases on rise: Jewelry shop looted in Bamutia
- People Now Relieved From ‘Atheist’ Environment in Tripura, CM Says
- Agartala’s Chain-Snatching Menace: Elderly Women Increasingly Becoming Easy Targets: Police Arrests One
- Chief Minister Still Does Not Know How Many Seats BJP Got in VC Elections!
- CPI-M Alleged, BJP and Tipra Motha Beating Up Opposition Candidates, Supporters


