House arrest Jagjit Singh Dallewal
The Shambhu police station will be cordoned off on 6 May by the farmers unions against the repressive policies of the central and Punjab governments. But a day before this protest, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallawal was arrested at 4 am today. Dallewal
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The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (India) and the United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) have announced a ‘forced anti-dharna’ outside the Shambhu police station on 6 May. They allege that during the recent peasant movement, the government forced the movement sites, detained the leaders by deception and continued to suppress the farmers and laborers.
Sharp response to farmer leaders
Saravan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallawal criticized the policies of the central government in a joint press conference after a meeting held at Kisan Bhawan in Chandigarh. Dallawal had said, “The center which has been snatching the rights of states in education, agriculture and GST, is now talking about the federal structure – this is a sheer hypocrisy.”
Major demands of farmer unions:
- Action on police: On March 19-20, policemen, especially Shambhu SHO Harpreet Singh, should be dismissed on farmers, laborers and women.
- Return of political cases: Politics -motivated cases registered against the youth who helped in getting the goods back to the farmers should be canceled immediately.
- The issue of theft and compensation: AAP MLA Gurlal Singh Ghanore and his supporters have been accused of stealing tractors, trolley, solar panels, anchor materials. FIRs should be lodged in this case and farmers should be compensated.
- Compensation for injured and martyrs: The seriously injured farmers should be given Rs 25 lakh and government jobs, 5 lakhs to the injured, Rs 1 lakh to the martyred farmers and compensation to the families of the martyred farmers and the government job.
- Opposition to land acquisition: The Bharatmala project in Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Tarn Taran was opposed to forced land acquisition without paying compensation.
- Charges on Haryana Government: The leaders alleged that the Haryana government is trying to intimidate the farmer leaders by misusing the court notices. It was warned that if these strategies continue, the movement would be intensified.
Farmers’ demands were not accepted
Jagjit Singh Dallawal had earlier launched an indefinite hunger strike against the government’s inaction, which he had ended on the assurance of the authorities. But due to non -fulfillment of demands, dissatisfaction has arisen among the farmers again.