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The Punjab unit of BJP should approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi and not the Akal Takht if they want him to end his fast-unto-death, Jagjit Singh Dallewal Friday said, a day after a saffron party delegation urged Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh to intervene and get the farmer leader to end the indefinite hunger strike.
In a video message, the 70-year-old, whose fast entered day 46, reiterated that he will end his fast only after the Centre accepts farmers’ demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price for crops.
A BJP delegation on Thursday had met Akal Takht Jathedar and expressed concern over Dallewal’s deteriorating health. Dallewal said, “the leaders of the Punjab unit of BJP appealed to the Akal Takht to intervene in order to end Dallewal’s fast-unto-death. (They appealed to the Akal Takht that) a direction be given so that he should end his fast. I respect the Akal Takht. But the Punjab BJP should approach Modi ji, the Vice President, Agriculture Minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan), (Home Minister) Amit Shah ji. Instead of meeting them, they are approaching the Akal Takht Jathedar”.
Meanwhile, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), the two forums protesting at the Khanauri and Shambhu border points, appealed to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to strengthen their agitation without delay in the wake of Dallewal’s “deteriorating” health.
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