Swathy Sarayu Sekaran

Opinion | While Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike over the NEET paper leaks brought the politics of protest and fasting back into the national spotlight, another fast over displacement rather than constitutional safeguards has been unfolding almost unnoticed in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region. Amit Bhatnagar, who has led a six-year campaign on behalf of families affected by the Ken-Betwa river linking project, is continuing his hunger strike from a government hospital after his health deteriorated during a protest that was broken up by the police earlier this week. The silence has been striking. Although Congress leaders have periodically visited the protest site and extended support to the demonstrators, the agitation has failed to become part of the national conversation. Read more: thequint.com/opinion/ken-bet…