The protest organized by the farmers of Punjab at the Khanauri border in Sangrur district, near the Haryana border, entered its 315th day on Sunday. They have been protesting since February 13, 2024, to press on their various demands including a law to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP).
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it is the Punjab authorities’ responsibility to ensure the stable health condition of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) convener Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan asked the Chief Secretary of Punjab and Chairperson of the Medical Board (constituted to monitor the health of Dallewal) to file an affidavit on the health condition of Dallewal as well as the steps taken to ensure that no harm is caused to his health.
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and protesting farmers’ unions have urged the Supreme Court to ask the Centre to implement the committee recommendation. Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death, and several protesting farmers’ unions have urged the Supreme Court to ask the Centre to implement a parliamentary standing committee’s recommendation for legally guaranteed support prices.
The standing committee also recommended that the agriculture ministry formulate a roadmap towards implementing the MSP proposal, a key demand of several farm unions since 2021.
“I request you to issue necessary directions to the central government to enact the MSP guarantee law in line with the parliamentary committee’s report and the sentiments of farmers,” Dallewal said in a letter on Saturday to a Supreme Court bench looking into the matter.
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