4Photo© hindustantimes.comSupreme Court sets December 31 deadline for Punjab govt to persuade Jagjit Singh Dallewal to end fast
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Jagjit Singh Dallewal has been on an indefinite fast at the Khanauri border since November 26 to press the Centre to accept farmers' demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support prices for crops.
The Punjab government expressed helplessness today before the bench, claiming it has faced huge resistance from protesting farmers. It said the farmers had encircled Dallewal, preventing the authorities from taking him to a hospital.
Punjab advocate general Gurminder Singh told the bench that a team of experts visited the protest site and tried to persuade Dallewal to shift to the hospital and get medical help but he refused.
“ Who has allowed all this to happen? Who has allowed this fort to be constructed? How did this manpower reach the protest site periodically and systematically? We don’t want to say much as it will…
Surya Kant,
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