A jatha of 111 farmers will be marching on Wednesday to begin their fast-unto-death from 2 pm. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the farmer leaders.
The protest will march to the first police barricade at Dhabhi Gujran on the Khanauri border.
Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar explained that the demonstration is intended to express support for farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal. Kohar added that farmers of all ages will be participating in the hunger strike.
The protest, which is set to start on Wednesday afternoon, is expected to draw attention to the ongoing farmers' issues and express a collective stance on their demands.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court would hear a matter related to the health of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on an indefinite fast pressing for demands, and other pleas on January 15.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh would hear a plea filed on behalf of Dallewal for a direction to the Central government for implementing a proposal, including a legal guarantee of MSP on crops, made to the protesting farmers in 2021 after the farm laws were repealed.
The top court had asked the Centre why couldn't the government say its doors were open and it would consider the genuine grievances of farmers protesting over demands, including the legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops.
The apex court would also hear a plea seeking contempt action against the Punjab government authorities for not complying with its directions issued over moving Dallewal to a hospital on December 20 last year.
Dallewal wrote to several religious leaders to urge the Central government to accept the farmers' demands, which included a legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops.
Farmers, under the banners of SKM and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 last year, after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.
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