Jagjit Singh Dallewal, coordinator of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) (Non-Political), was discharged from Ludhiana’s Dayanand Medical College and Hospital on 29 Nov. On 26 Nov, Panjab police had forcibly whisked Dallewal away from the Khanauri inter-state border between Panjab and Haryana just before he planned to go on a hunger strike demanding legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops. A delegation of farmers led by Sarwan Singh Pandher, coordinator of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), escorted him to Khanauri from the hospital. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Patiala Range, Mandeep Singh Sidhu, confirmed that doctors declared Dallewal fit for discharge despite him being a cancer patient. After Dallewal’s release, farmer leader Sukhjit Singh Hardo Jhande ended his indefinite fast at Khanauri and Dallewal entered Day 5 of his strike. On 3 Dec, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, police cracked down on farmers marching to the Indian Parliament to demand compensation for their land acquired by industry. As planned, farmers in Panjab will commence a foot march towards Delhi on 6 Dec, organized in small groups. This initiative follows previous unsuccessful attempts to march to Delhi on 13 Feb and 21 Feb 2024, which were blocked at the Panjab-Haryana border (SDW Vol 2, Issue 3, Story 7). Meanwhile, Panjab farmers at the Shambhu barrier raised concerns on 26 Nov after Haryana security forces removed a cement slab from the seven-layered blockade–stirring fears of a potential police action on the farmers.
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