Who Is Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Punjab Farmer On Hunger Strike For Over 110 Days

Jagjit Singh Dallewal is the leader of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) New Delhi: Punjab Police on Thursday shifted farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal from the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar, to another hospital amid a crackdown on protesting farmers. Mr Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death, was brought to PIMS around … Read more

Farmers Call Off Chandigarh Sit-In After Police Action, Warns Bhagwant Mann

Chandigarh: The massive week-long protest planned by Punjab farmers that was to begin today in state capital Chandigarh, was foiled by the police, who stopped those marching in from villages to join in. Multiple checkpoints were set up across the state and security stepped up at all entry points. Farmers, who left for Chandigarh in … Read more

Farm Leaders In Police Custody Ahead Of Punjab Protest, Congress Moves In

Chandigarh: Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann government’s breakdown of talks with farmers has created a huge opening for the state Congress to recover lost ground. This evening, Congress’s former Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi barged into the Gharaun police station of Chamkur Sahib when he learnt that farmer leaders were being detained ahead of today’s protest rally … Read more