Farm leaders say no dialogue with Punjab govt till Dallewal ‘released’

Deputy Inspector General (Patiala Range) Mandeep Singh Sidhu and Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Nanak Singh Wednesday met a radical of husbandman leaders astatine the Khanauri borderline point. Sidhu said, “It was similar an ice-breaking exercise. We listened to their (farmers’) concerns and volition convey their demands to the close quarters”.

The DIG didn’t accidental talk astir Dallewal adjacent arsenic helium had Tuesday said that the medication was acrophobic astir the property and wellness of the husbandman leader, who is besides a prostrate cancer patient, successful the aftermath of his fast-unto-death call. Addressing the media aft the meeting, husbandman person Kaka Singh Kotda asked the AAP authorities to clarify its basal connected the forcible removal of Dallewal from the protestation site.

“We person asked them (police officials) to merchandise Pradhanji (Dallewal). Send him to the protestation site. Until helium comes here, determination volition beryllium nary further discussion,” said Kotda, who is besides the wide caput of BKU (Ekta Sidhupur), the national that Dallewal heads.

Kotda said the constabulary officials person said that they volition sermon their request with the elder officials.

Another husbandman person Gurinder Singh Bhangu said that Dallewal was successful the “custody” of the authorities authorities and the constabulary were not allowing anyone to conscionable him. Those denied support see Faridkot MP Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa who reached DMCH Tuesday evening but wasn’t allowed to conscionable him.

“The constabulary squad astatine the spot told maine that they person got orders from higher ups not to let anyone to conscionable Dallewal,” Khalsa told the Indian Express.

Dallewal’s lad Gurpinder Pal Singh, told the Indian Express that they had sent a person, 1 Balpreet Singh from Fatehgarh Sahib, Tuesday evening to handover immoderate Ayurvedic medicines that his begetter takes. “Even helium has been detained successful the infirmary  and is with my begetter arsenic of now. My begetter talked to maine utilizing Balpreet’s phone, which the Punjab Police aboriginal took successful its custody,” claimed Gurpinder.

Earlier successful the day, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha person Sarwan Singh Pandher said they were not alert of Dallewal’s condition. “What is his condition? Nobody is making it clear,” helium said.

Pandher said the authorities authorities has not yet fixed immoderate clarification regarding the forcible removal of Dallewal from Khanauri borderline point. “The Punjab main curate should archer radical of the authorities astir yesterday’s incidental (taking distant Dallewal) and wherefore it was done,” helium said, adding that the authorities authorities remained unsuccessful successful its effort to “fail” their agitation by taking distant Dallewal.

Pandher said Sukhjit Singh Hardojhande, president of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, is sitting connected a accelerated unto decease successful spot of Dallewal. “Sukhjit’s accelerated unto decease enters the 2nd day,” helium said,a asking radical to scope the Khanauri borderline constituent successful ample numbers.

Farmer leaders had earlier claimed that Dallewal was observing a hunger onslaught successful the Ludhiana hospital, saying helium was not having anything. Pandher raised apprehension that constabulary whitethorn unit provender Dallewal. Pandher besides said they volition spot whether MPs rise the issues of giving a ineligible warrant to MSP connected crops, workplace indebtedness waiver successful the ongoing Parliament session.

Farmers are demanding from the Centre to clasp talks with them wrong 10 days to resoluteness their issues. They said that the national authorities has not held immoderate talks with them regarding their issues since February 18.

He reiterated that the protesting farmers volition march towards Delhi connected December 6.