A group of 111 farmers began a hunger strike on Wednesday in support of veteran farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on hunger strike since November 26 at Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana border.
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike since November 26, met with a high-powered committee formed by the Supreme Court on Monday but refused medical aid.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has strongly opposed the draft of the newly announced National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPFAM), calling it "more dangerous" than the three farm laws repealed after the historic year-long farmers' protest.
Amid escalating protests across Punjab, the Supreme Court-appointed committee under retired Justice Nawab Singh has scheduled its first round of talks with Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) farmer leaders on 3 January.
Twenty farmers were injured, while two are in critical condition after Haryana Police fired tear gas shells and rubber bullets at farmers protesting at Haryana-Punjab’s Shambhu Border.