Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on an indefinite hunger strike in support of various demands, accepted water & broke his fast on Friday morning, the Punjab government told the Supreme Court.
A bench of Justice Surya Kant & Justice N Kotiswar Singh was told by advocate general Gurminder Singh for Punjab that they have dispersed the protesting farmers at Khanauri & Shambhu borders, & opened all blocked roads & highways.
The bench lauded the efforts of Dallewal, & said he is a genuine farmer leader without any political agenda.
"We know some people did not want settlement of grievances of farmers. We are not sitting in an ivory tower. We know everything," the bench said as it asked the Punjab & Haryana government to file a status report about the prevailing situation on the ground.
The Supreme Court also asked the high powered committee headed by former high court judge to look into the grievances of farmers, to also file a supplementary status report.
It also dropped contempt proceedings against the Punjab chief secretary & Director General of Police for not complying with the top court’s order of providing medical aid to Dallewal.
On March 19, several farmer leaders, including Sarwan Singh Pandher & Dallewal, were allegedly detained in Mohali while returning from a meeting with a central delegation, as Punjab Police evicted farmers from Shambhu & Khanauri protest sites which were blocked for more than a year.
The Punjab police had claimed that the protest sites have been cleared after dismantling temporary structures & stages, & removing trolleys & other vehicles stationed by the farmers.
Farmers, under the banners of SKM & Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have been camping at the Shambhu & Khanauri border points between Punjab & Haryana since February 13 last year, after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.
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