Farmers at their protest site on a cold winter morning, on the Shambhu border in Punjab’s Patiala district. file. | Photo credit: PTI
A 57-year-old man who tried to end his life at Shambhu border during the farmers’ agitation on December 14 died at the government-run Rajendra Hospital in Patiala on Wednesday (December 18, 2024), farmer leaders said.
Farmer Ranjodh Singh of Ratanheri village in Ludhiana district, who has been fasting to death since November 26 in Khanuri border, said that the leaders are worried about the deteriorating health of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
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Ranjod has parents, wife, daughter and a son. He participated in the ongoing agitation at Shambhu border regarding the demands of the farmers.
Farmers under the banner of United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border crossings between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after security forces stopped their march towards Delhi.
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Farmers blocked railway tracks at several places in Punjab on Wednesday as part of their three-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest, pressuring the Center to accept their various demands, including legally binding minimum support prices for crops. United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Magdar Morcha have called for ‘Rail Roko’. Sarwan Singh Pandher, leader of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, said that since 12 noon, farmers have been sitting on the railway track in many places and will continue till 3 pm. Protests were said to take place at Moga, Faridkot, Qadian and Batala in Gurdaspur; Phillaur in Jalandhar; Tanda, Dasuya and Mahilpur in Hoshiarpur; Makhu and Talwandi Bhai in Ferozepur; Sahnewal in Ludhiana; Shambhu in Patiala; Mohali; and Sunam and Lehra in Sangru. Farmers under the banner of the United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border crossings between Punjab and Haryana after security forces stopped their march towards Delhi from February 13. For the past three weeks, Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has been on a hunger strike at the Khanuri border crossing in Punjab and Haryana, pressuring the Center to accept the demands of the agitating farmers, including a legal guarantee of MSP in crops. . | Video Credit: The Hindu
For the past three weeks, Mr. Dallewal has been on a fast to death to pressurize the Center to accept farmers’ demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP in crops.
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published – December 18, 2024 at 10:36 pm IST