Wangchuk at Rajghat: Pradhan Exit ‘Just the Beginning’

Sonam Wangchuk walked out of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Monday and went straight to Rajghat. There he told reporters that Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Union Education Minister was “just the beginning,” not the end of the exam-reform fight that the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) had carried from Jantar Mantar into Parliament.

The Hindu confirmed the discharge and published Wangchuk’s own X post: “I’m being discharged from the hospital.” A longer post said he would visit Rajghat “to pay my respects to Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi)” before heading home to Ladakh, and thanked Medanta’s doctors and staff. Medanta said he was treated under an integrated protocol involving internal medicine and critical care, and that he was stable at discharge after six days at the private hospital.

What he said at Rajghat

The Indian Express, reporting from the memorial, said Wangchuk reached Rajghat after leaving Medanta and addressed the press there. On Pradhan’s exit he said the resignation was “just the beginning,” and that if the issue is acknowledged and addressed from this point, “our country will become a better place.”

He welcomed discussion of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, but asked that measures be adopted only after thorough deliberation. Peaceful protest, he said, is a constitutional right that must be respected; the law should deal with anyone acting with malicious intent. No action, he stressed, should be taken against those who took part in peaceful protests.

After offering tributes, Wangchuk said the end of his 26-day fast had reinforced his faith in Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of peaceful protest. He had first come to Rajghat before starting the fast on June 28 and returned to express gratitude, arguing that the movement had shown the Gandhian path remains as relevant as it was a century ago. Drawing on five to six years of work in Ladakh, he said peaceful methods had now proved effective at the national level and urged people to pursue grievances through non-violence even when solutions take time.

His wife, Gitanjali Angmo, was with him at Rajghat, The Hindu reported.

How he got here

Wangchuk joined the CJP agitation at Jantar Mantar on June 28 and stayed on an indefinite fast for 26 days over the May NEET-UG paper leak and broader exam-system failures. Delhi Police removed him from the protest site on July 18 and took him to Safdarjung Hospital; he said he felt detained there. The Delhi High Court later ordered his transfer to Medanta. He broke the fast on July 24 after the Centre’s assurances and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address. Pradhan resigned on July 25; CJP then withdrew the 36-day sit-in.

Parliament the same day

While Wangchuk spoke at Rajghat, both Houses of Parliament were repeatedly adjourned as the Opposition demanded a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on police action during the July 20 CJP Parliament march. Union Minister Jitendra Singh introduced the Public Examinations Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha amid sloganeering. BJP MPs greeted Pradhan in the complex with “Pradhan Zindabad”; Opposition MPs answered with “Chor Chor, Paper Chor,” The Hindu and The Indian Express reported.

What we can verify

• Wangchuk was discharged from Medanta, Gurugram, on July 27, 2026, and said so on X (The Hindu).
• He and Gitanjali Angmo offered tributes at Rajghat the same day (The Hindu; The Indian Express).
• At Rajghat he called Pradhan’s resignation “just the beginning” and linked further reform to acknowledging the issue (The Indian Express).
• He welcomed careful debate on the Public Examinations Amendment Bill and defended peaceful protest as a constitutional right (The Indian Express).
• Medanta said he was stable at discharge after treatment under an integrated protocol (The Hindu).
• His fast ran 26 days from June 28; he was moved Safdarjung → Medanta after a High Court order (The Hindu; prior CJP News reporting).
• The anti-paper-leak amendment was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 27 amid Opposition protests over the July 20 police crackdown (The Hindu; The Indian Express).

What remains unverified

• Exact discharge clock time and flight details to Ladakh are not independently confirmed beyond his stated plan to return to the mountains [unverified].
• Full transcript of every Rajghat remark beyond the lines carried by The Indian Express and The Hindu is not published here.