Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal holds talks with SC committee, refuses medical aid
The panel should press the Supreme Court to issue a direction to the Centre on the demands raised by the protesting farmers, said Dallewal.
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Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike since November 26, met with a high-powered committee formed by the Supreme Court on Monday but refused medical aid, reported The Indian Express.
Headed by retired High Court judge Nawab Singh, the committee was set up in September to resolve the grievances of the protesting farmers. Dallewal, chief of the farm group Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), has been on an indefinite fast at Khanauri, located on the Punjab-Haryana border.
The hunger strike is part of a wider campaign by Punjab’s farm groups to press the Centre to accept their demand for legally guaranteed minimum support prices. The minimum support price is the cost at which the government procures crops from farmers.
On Monday, Singh told the farm leader that the Supreme Court was worried about his health. “On every date of hearing, he [Justice Surya Kant] keeps issuing directions to ensure your good health,” Singh said.
However, Dallewal said the committee should press the Supreme Court to issue a direction to the Union government, The Indian Express reported.
“I respect Justice Surya Kant but how do I ask him why he does not give any direction to the Centre, when our issue is to be sorted by Centre?” he asked. “When the Punjab advocate general asks him...
