Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s hunger strike at the Datasinghwala-Khanauri Kisan Morcha entered its 63rd day today. Farmer leaders announced that preparations for the grand farmers’ assemblies (Mahapanchayats) at the three protest sites, marking the completion of one year of the movement, have begun. For the Mahapanchayat scheduled on February 11 at the Ratnapura Morcha, efforts to mobilize farmers and laborers have started in every village of Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar districts.

Similarly, for the Mahapanchayat on February 12 at the Datasinghwala-Khanauri Kisan Morcha in Haryana’s Hisar, farmers held a meeting today,