BATHINDA/PATIALA: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday decided to reschedule its proposed unity meeting with the two protesting farmer forums to January 13, even as farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s health deteriorated with his fast unto death stir entering the 48th day on Sunday.
There was more action on Sunday at Khanauri, the protest site at Punjab-Haryana border point, when an elderly labourer from a village in Faridkot district – sitting in protest for a long time – died at a govt hospital in Patiala.
“Joga Singh was associated with BKU and was a landless labourer. He is survived by five sons and a daughter,” BKU (Ekta-Sidhupur) press secretary Gurdeep Singh Chahal said.
Earlier, SKM decided to reschedule its meeting to Jan 13, acting on a request by SKM (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM).
SKM also changed the venue from Gurdwara Dukhnivaran in Patiala to Patran town near Khanauri due to Dallewal’s failing health.
The move came on a day SKM also asked PM Narendra Modi to convene discussions with all farmer organisations to address the ongoing struggle and save Dallewal’s life.
