121 farmers end hunger strike after leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal accepts medical aid

A group of 121 farmers, who were on a hunger strike since January 15 in solidarity with farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, ended their fast on Sunday, The Indian Express reported.

This came a day after Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike since November 26, agreed to medical aid after receiving an invitation from the Union government for talks in February.

“On Saturday night, on their appeal Dallewal ji had taken medical assistance,” said Kaka Singh Kotra, the general secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Union Sidhupur. “After Dallewal ji started taking medical assistance, we asked them [the farmers] to end their hunger strike as their demand was fulfilled.”

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) also postponed its plan to protest outside the offices and homes of Bharatiya Janata Party MPs on Monday.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha will decide on Monday whether to send a fourth group of 101 farmers to the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab on January 22.

Dallewal has been on an indefinite fast at Khanauri, located on the Punjab-Haryana border. The group of 121 farmers were also fasting at the same site.

The hunger strike by Dallewal is part of a wider campaign to press the Union government to accept farmers’ demand for legally guaranteed minimum support prices. The minimum support price is…

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