After Centre’s invite, 121 farmers end fast, sit-in plan deferred

Also, Dallewal’s SKM (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), which met the cardinal delegation headed by Union Agriculture Ministry Joint Secretary Priya Ranjan connected Saturday, said they volition determine connected Monday whether they volition spell up with the program to nonstop a 4th radical of 101 farmers towards the Shambhu borderline connected January 22.

The erstwhile attempts by the protesting farmers, who are demanding ineligible warrant to minimum enactment price for crops, among different things, to participate Haryana from Punjab were thwarted by the Haryana administration.

Dallewal has been connected a hunger onslaught since November 26 past twelvemonth astatine Khanauri borderline successful enactment of the farmers’ demands. After the authorities delegation met him connected Saturday, Dallewal agreed to instrumentality aesculapian assistance but made it wide that helium won’t interruption his accelerated until the farmers’ demands are met. Intravenous fluids were administered to him astir midnight.

On Sunday, Kaka Singh Kotra, wide caput of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Sidhupur, confirmed that the 121 farmers who were connected a hunger onslaught astatine Khanauri borderline successful a amusement of solidarity with Dallewal, broke their fast.

“A full of 111 farmers from Punjab sat connected a hunger onslaught from January 15 successful enactment of Jagjit Singh Dallewal and the adjacent time 10 much farmers from Haryana joined them. On Saturday night, connected their entreaty Dallewalji had taken aesculapian assistance. After Dallewalji started taking aesculapian assistance, we asked them to extremity their hunger onslaught arsenic their request was fulfilled. All the 121 farmers were offered orangish foodstuff Sunday day and they lifted the hunger strike,” Kotra said.

“This is simply a large triumph of our conflict arsenic the authorities had to yet blink,” helium said.

A Punjab authorities official, who visited Khanauri Sunday, said, “Dallewal has started taking aesculapian assistance portion the 121 farmers person ended the hunger strike… The immense accent astatine the Khanauri borderline constituent has reduced since the farmers utilized to stay disquieted astir wellness of Dallewal and the others who were connected fast. Sunday came arsenic a alleviation time aft weeks.”

However, the authoritative said, Dallewal’s wellness is nether ticker arsenic helium was not taking food.

Abhimanyu Kohar, a person of SKM (Non-Political), said, “Dallewal’s hunger onslaught entered time 55 connected Sunday but his intravenous fluids were started astir midnight and helium was feeling amended connected Sunday.”

“Late night, helium vomited 3-4 times and was getting dehydrated… However, helium accepted aesculapian assistance lone aft the missive came for the adjacent circular of talks (between the farmers and the government),” Kohar said.

The Centre has invited the protesting farmers for talks successful Chandigarh connected February 14.

Although helium welcomed the determination to resume talks, Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian said Sunday that the gathering should beryllium held earlier successful presumption of Dallewal’s health.

“It is simply a invited measurement that the Central authorities has travel guardant for talks with the farmers. However, I americium amazed wherefore February 14 has been kept arsenic the day of this meeting… Union ministers tin ever travel to Chandigarh to resume talks astatine the earliest. Dallewalji hasn’t ended his hunger onslaught yet and hence it is not justified to fto him hold truthful agelong for talks to resume,” Khuddian told The Indian Express.

“I entreaty to the Union Agriculture Minister to organise talks wrong this week and they shouldn’t hold it immoderate further,” helium said.

“In the past, I had written to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan doubly for resuming the talks and erstwhile raised the contented successful a gathering of Agriculture Ministers arsenic well. I volition constitute to him again to bring guardant the gathering day and besides to judge the demands of the farmers.”

Meanwhile, the KMM and SKM (Non-Political), which person been protesting astatine Shambhu and Khanauri borderline points, volition clasp a gathering Monday to determine whether a 4th jatha of 101 farmers volition beryllium sent to transverse the Shambhu borderline constituent into Haryana connected a ft march to Delhi connected January 22 – arsenic announced connected January 17. The erstwhile 3 attempts were made connected December 6, December 8 and December 14.

Tejveer Singh, spokesperson for BKU Shaheed Bhagat Singh Haryana — a constituent of KMM – said: “We volition determine astir the January 22 programme connected Monday aft a meeting. In addition, we are disquieted astir Dallewalji arsenic without food, his wellness is inactive astatine a risk.”

Meanwhile, Dr Darshan Pal, member, SKM nationalist coordination committee, announced that the program to clasp sit-ins successful beforehand of offices and residences of BJP MPs and elder leaders Monday has been deferred.

“We invited the determination of fasting husbandman person Dallewal to person aesculapian enactment and privation him speedy betterment and bully health,” helium said.

“In presumption of the affirmative improvement regarding the wellness of Dallewal, the SKM calls upon each units to nonstop retired memorandum to MPs done email alternatively of holding Kisan Dharna extracurricular their offices connected January 20…,” helium said.

On January 24, the SKM volition clasp a wide assemblage gathering successful Delhi to enactment towards unity of the protesting husbandman unions. Sources said 6 members each from the SKM (Non-Political), KMM and SKM were apt to enactment for the talks with the Centre if the unity plans enactment out.