Farmer chief Dallewal’s situation worsens as his starvation strike enters forty first day

The situation of farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal, on quick since 26 November 2024, worsened on Sunday as per reviews from Khanauri.

Dallewal has refused to be transferred to a hospital or break his quick until the federal government offers an enterprise to implement the suggestions of the parliamentary standing committee that has advocated authorized assure of minimal assist costs to the farmers.

The standing committee report was tabled in Parliament on 17 December 2024.

Farmers have been agitating on the Khanauri-Shambhu border since February 2024, and as soon as the federal government foiled the proposed march to Delhi on foot by 101 farmers, Dallewal determined to escalate the agitation by launching a fast-unto-death.

On Friday, the day earlier than he had convened a Kisan Mahapanchayat at Khanauri, Dallewal had agreed to bear blood, urine and ECG exams. As soon as the reviews confirmed that his vitals have been secure, he was carried to the stage in an ambulance round 2 pm. He addressed the assembled folks, estimated at 50,000 to 1 lakh, for 11 minutes earlier than being taken away.

Dallewal has been saved in a glass cubicle which is closely guarded with over 100 tractor-trailers welded with one another and round 700 volunteers guarding the place. This has been accomplished to stop a repeat of the 26 November incident wherein police had barged into the tent at Khanauri and brought him to a hospital in Ludhiana on the primary day of his quick.

In his handle on Saturday, Dallewal vowed to proceed the agitation till the federal government offered a authorized assure on the minimal assist worth for crops. Throughout his 11-minute handle, Dallewal appealed to farmer outfits in different states to launch an analogous combat for the MSP to ship throughout a message to the Centre that it wasn’t Punjab’s wrestle alone.

Dallewal had severed ties with the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in 2022 after it had determined to take part in elections. He had then shaped SKM (Non-Political) together with his personal union Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KKM) spearheading it.