‘The meals we eat is produced by the farmers’: Local weather activist Sonam Wangchuk meets fasting farm chief Jagjit Dallewal | India Information

NEW DELHI: Local weather activist Sonam Wangchuk met farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Saturday on the Khanauri border protest web site, the place farmers are demonstrating for his or her calls for.
Dallewal, aged 70, has been on an indefinite starvation strike on the Khanauri border since November 26.
Wangchuk stated his go to was to convey “good wishes and warm support on behalf of the people of Ladakh.” He talked about that Dallewal was too weak to talk a lot resulting from his extended fasting, and the aim of the assembly was to point out solidarity somewhat than have an prolonged dialogue.
Wangchuk urged individuals to help the farmers, saying, “The food we eat is produced by the farmers.”
Dallewal’s starvation strike has continued for 33 days.
In the meantime, Supreme Court docket on Saturday gave the Punjab authorities time till December 31 to persuade farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a starvation strike for over a month, to maneuver to a hospital.
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Farmers are protesting to demand a authorized assure for the minimal help value (MSP) and different points. Underneath the banners of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, they’ve been stationed on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 this yr.
Earlier makes an attempt by a gaggle of 101 farmers to march to Delhi on foot have been stopped by Haryana safety forces between December 6 and 14.