Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point for the past three weeks, on Monday, made a brief media address, repeating farmers' demand of giving a guarantee of MSP on crops.
Claiming that a senior Minister at the Centre has claimed that the government was giving over and above the MSP to farmers, Dallewal asked if that is the case, "then what is the problem in giving legal guarantee to MSP".
On Monday, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, INLD senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala, AAP leader Malvinder Singh Kang, and some other leaders on Monday visited the Khanauri border to enquire about Dallewal's health.
Dallewal, a 70-year-old cancer patient, has been on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point between Punjab and Haryana since November 26 to press the Centre to accept the agitating farmers' demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP on crops.
Lying down and speaking in a resting position, Dallewal made a seven-minute address to the farmers.
In his brief address, Dallewal again sought from the Centre to give a guarantee of MSP on crops.
He said that there has been an increase of Rs 825 in wheat MSP in the last 10 years which works out to be 56 per cent.
On the other hand, farmers' input cost rose by 56.53 per cent during this period, Dallewal said.
The farmer leader further said there was an increase of 130 per cent in wheat MSP during 2004-2014.
Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo march' and have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.
A "jatha" (group) of 101 farmers made three attempts to enter Delhi on foot on December 6, December 8, and again on December 14. Security personnel in Haryana did not allow them to proceed.
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