MP Seechewal calls on farm leader Dallewal

During the ongoing winter session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP and environmentalist Balbir Seechewal called on farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is currently on a fast unto death for farmers' rights at the Khanauri border.

Seechewal prayed for Dallewal's recovery and said he will raise the issues before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. He also termed the protests by farmers their constitutional right.

Seechewal said the life of farmer leader Dallewal is valuable for the peasant struggle and also for his family. He said the farmers and workers, including the Supreme Court, are worried about the health of Dallewal.

Seechewal said the demands for which farmers have been struggling for a long time are not being implemented despite the government accepting them. He also said farmers, who should have been in the fields, are today struggling on the streets. Seechewal said he will also talk to Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan, so that farmers' issue may be kept before the Centre from the Punjab side as well.

The MP added that the protest by farmers, who have been struggling to go to Delhi for the last 10 months, is their constitutional and democratic right. The life of the farmer leader is constantly in danger. The Central Government should not delay the matter.

Seechewal also said he had to raise the issue of farmers in the House this time, but it could not be raised every time due to hullaballo in the House. The four-time Zero Hour was met with chaos, he added.

Referring to a recent report presented in the court, he said the income of farmers was constantly decreasing. Every year an average 18,000 farmers are dying by suicide due to financial hardships, which is sad.