Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who had been on a hunger strike since November 26, 2024, demanding systemic agricultural reforms and legal guarantees for Minimum Support Price (MSP), ended his fast on Friday, March 28. During a hearing related to the blockade at Punjab–Haryana border points, the Punjab government informed the Supreme Court that Dallewal, leader of the SKM (Non-Political), had accepted water.
The bench welcomed the development.
“This is good news. We have always maintained that he is a true farmer leader and has the best interests of the farming community at heart,” remarked justice Kant. Farmers, led by Dallewal under the banners of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, had been protesting along the Punjab-Haryana border since February 2024, demanding systemic agricultural reforms, legal guarantees for MSP, and debt relief, among other measures.