As farmers’ leader Jagjit Sigh Dallewal, who has been on fast-unto-death since November 26, 2024, refuses to receive medical help, the Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to a “deliberate attempt” to create an impression that it wanted him to break his fast.
“There is a deliberate attempt in the media by your state government officers to give an impression that the court is pressuring him to break the fast. Our direction was not to break his fast. We only said that let his health be taken care of and he can continue his peaceful protest even when he is hospitalised. You have to persuade him from this angle,” a Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told Punjab Advocate General Gurminder Singh.
“Shifting (him) to the hospital does not mean he will not continue his fast. There are medical facilities which will ensure that no harm is caused to his life. That is our only concern. His life is precious as a farm leader. He is not aligned to any political ideologies and he is taking care of only the farmers’ cause,” Justice Kant said.
