{
  "id": 12437734,
  "title": "'End Hunger Strike, Your Health Matters; We'll Knock On MPSC's Door In Mumbai' Aaditya Thackeray Backs Pune Students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/end-hunger-strike-your-health-matters-well-knock-on-mpscs-door-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T17:34:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/end-hunger-strike-your-health-matters-well-knock-on-mpscs-door-in-mumbai-aaditya-thackeray-backs-pune-students"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune, October 6 - Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has shown support for the ongoing MPSC students' hunger strike in Pune. In an appeal to those fasting, he urged them to consider ending their fast, citing health concerns due to prolonged fasting, especially at their young age. Addressing the protesting students, Thackeray called for the resignation of MPSC chairman Vivek Bhimanwar, stating that the resignation was their primary demand. He also linked the Pune agitation to the controversy surrounding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, emphasizing that both were detrimental to the future of young people and the country. Thackeray urged the protesters to maintain unity regardless of their political affiliations and threatened to bring the agitation to Mumbai if Bhimanwar's resignation was not granted.",
  "summary": "Pune, Oct 06: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday extended his support to the ongoing MPSC students' agitation in Pune while appealing to those on hunger strike to consider ending their fast, saying the protest had entered its sixth day and prolonged fasting could affect their health at such a young age. Addressing the protesting aspirants, Thackeray said, “This agitation has…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}