Meet Modi instead of Akal Takht Jathedar if you want me to end fast: Dallewal to Punjab BJP
The Hindu
Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal demands PM Modi accept farmers' demands, refuses to end fast-unto-death.
Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal targeted the BJP for seeking the Akal Takht's intervention for ending his fast-unto-death, and said they should instead approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi and press him to accept farmers' demands if they want him to call off the strike, which entered day 46 on Friday (January 10, 2025).
In a three-minute video message released on Friday (January 10, 2025), the 70-year-old farmer leader asserted he will end his fast only after the Centre accepts farmers' demands which include a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price for crops.
A BJP delegation, comprising Sukhminder Pal Singh Grewal and Sarchand Singh, appealed to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Thursday to intervene to end the indefinite fast of the farmer leader.
The delegation expressed concern over Dallewal's deteriorating health.
In his video message Mr. Dallewal said, "We have got information that the leaders of the Punjab unit of BJP appealed to the Akal Takht to intervene in order to end Dallewal's fast-unto-death. (They appealed to the Akal Takht that) a direction be given so that he should end his fast. I respect the Akal Takht." "But the Punjab BJP should approach (PM) Modi ji, the vice president (Jagdeep Dhankhar), Agriculture Minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan), (Home Minister) Amit Shah ji.
Instead of meeting them, they are approaching the Akal Takht Jathedar," he said.
Mr. Dallewal, who is the convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), has been on the indefinite hunger strike at the Khanauri border point between Punjab and Haryana since November 26 last year over farmers' various demands including seeking a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
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