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This one video will show you how serious Sonam Vangchuk's condition is as he's been on a hunger strike for the last 19 days. This video shows you how his ribcage is now showing, his bones are showing and his stomach has gone completely in. You can see Mr. Sonam Vangchuk right behind me here on day 19 of his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar but this video that we're showing you was taken while his medical tests were being conducted. This video shows you how weak he is. This video shows you the insensitivity of the government that despite seeing all of this they have not responded to this hunger strike. They've not even initiated a dialogue with Sonam Vangchuk. His demand is the education minister's resignation. Even if that demand is not fulfilled, at least a dialogue can be initiated in a democracy. And secondly, initially, a lot of people were doubting Sonam Vangchuk's hunger strike. They were saying that he's drinking chicken soup. He's still having food. He's going to the washroom and eating. And this one video shows the reality to all those people who were doubting this hunger strike. Sonam Vangchuk is looking like this because he has lost more than eight kilograms of weight. He used to weigh around 66 kilograms before this hunger strike started and now he weighs just about 57 kgs. So yes, you might see this man still smiling, still waving. He still says that he's fine and he can go on for many more days on this hunger strike. But this is the reality that he's hiding behind that smile. But despite all of this, he's still asking all his supporters to not ask him to end his hunger strike, but he's asking people to go ask the government why are they not responding to him? Why are they being so insensitive? And he's asking people to join him and the Kokro Janta Party on the 20th of July when they will march to the parliament. He's saying that we now have to go to the parliament to get attention to our demands because despite 27 days of a protest in the heat and the rain at Jantar Mantar and 19 days of this hunger strike, the government has been silent. So make sure you share this video today with every Indian to show them how serious Sonam Vamchuk's condition is because every day matters now. His health is consistently deteriorating and he needs people to speak up to get the attention of the government.