I don't like protest, but justice demands it: Sonam Wangchuk at Delhi protest

Educator and activist Sonam Wangchuk joined hundreds of students and young professionals at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Saturday, lending support to a youth-led protest against alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests and calling for urgent reforms in India's education system.

Addressing the gathering organised by the online movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Wangchuk said he was not fond of protests but felt compelled to stand with students seeking justice.

"I don't like protest but we have to do it for justice," he told the crowd, which responded with loud cheers.

Wangchuk also praised the central government for allowing the demonstration



and argued that the country's education system requires fundamental change.

One of Wangchuk's strongest interventions came when he suggested that children of politicians and bureaucrats should study in government-run educational institutions.

He said people who are part of the system should experience the same educational infrastructure available to ordinary citizens, a move he believes would drive meaningful reforms.

As students repeatedly raised slogans asking him to become education minister, Wangchuk firmly rejected any political ambitions.

"I have no intention of entering politics. I want young people to take responsibility," he said.