Two days after the Supreme Court docket directed the Centre and Punjab authorities representatives to instantly meet farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal who has been staging an indefinite starvation strike since final month, a senior ministry of dwelling affairs (MHA) official and the state prime on Sunday known as on him on the Khanauri border in Sangrur and heard his calls for.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav and central authorities consultant Mayank Mishra meet farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Sunday.
That is the primary time that any consultant from the Centre has met the protesting farmers after talks with Union ministers had failed, in February, this yr.
The 70-year-old Dallewal, a most cancers affected person, has been on a fast-unto-death on the Khanauri border level between Punjab and Haryana since November 26 to press the Centre to just accept the agitating farmers’ calls for, together with a authorized assure of MSP on crops.
“We came here to enquire about his health. I have with me the Government of India’s representative Mayank Mishra who was specially sent here,” stated director common of police Gaurav Yadav after assembly Dallewal.
Yadav stated they tried to influence Dallewal to hunt instant medical assist. The farmer chief, nonetheless, turned down the request.
Senior farmer chief Sukhjeet Singh stated the farmer chief has refused to take medical assist.
“Dallewal firmly refused Punjab DGP’s proposal to take medical help,” Sukhjeet stated.
Mishra stated, “We have heard whatever his (Dallewal) demands are.”
To a query, he stated, “There was no proposal of any kind. I came here to hear him and also for implementation of the SC order.”
“We have told Dallewal that his way of leading a peaceful agitation has been appreciated everywhere and the government has also taken cognisance of it,” stated the DGP.
“The chief minister has specially sent a message and our efforts are that talks should be held on their demands and this issue is resolved,” the DGP stated, including “We have appealed to farmers that Dallewal’s life is precious. Medical facilities have been provided here and we are making efforts to resolve the issue with their coordination.”
The SC has directed that emergent requisite medical assist be supplied to Dallewal, he stated, including that well-equipped ambulances have been stationed right here, Yadav stated. “We are constantly speaking to farmer leaders and we expect that we will reach a positive outcome,” he stated.
To a different query, Yadav stated the Punjab authorities has a transparent stand on the difficulty. It considers the agitating farmers’ calls for real and likewise helps these, the state police chief stated.
Farmers beneath the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the ‘Delhi Chalo march’ and have been tenting at Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by safety forces.
A “jatha” (group) of 101 farmers made three makes an attempt to enter Delhi on foot on December 6, December 8 and once more on December 14. Safety personnel in Haryana didn’t enable them to proceed.
Apart from a authorized assure on the minimal help value (MSP) for crops, the farmers are demanding a debt waiver, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike within the electrical energy tariff, withdrawal of police instances and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
Reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the households of the farmers who died throughout a earlier agitation in 2020-21 are additionally a part of their calls for.
Dallewal’s well being deteriorates
The most recent urine take a look at report of Dallewal reveals the presence of excessive ranges of ketones. Authorities medical doctors, who’re monitoring Dallewal, stated ketones in urine point out that the physique has already began breaking down fats for power as an alternative of glucose. “Given his age and medical condition, this (ketoacidosis) could turn into a life-threatening complication. Now, vital organs – including the heart – could face the impact of continuous fasting. There is a possibility of a silent heart attack,” stated a health care provider who’s a part of the group.
The physician additional revealed that Dallewal’s uric acid stage was 16 and it signifies deranged renal features. The traditional vary of uric acid in males is between 3-7 mg/dL.