New Delhi, March 29 -- Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on a hunger strike since November 26, 2024, demanding systemic agricultural reforms and legal guarantees for Minimum Support Price (MSP), has ended his fast, the Punjab government informed the Supreme Court on Friday.

"Mr Dallewal has finally broken his fast and accepted water," Punjab's advocate general Gurminder Singh informed the SC.

Farmers, however, said he was still on a fast. "Dallewal has only taken a glass of water. His fast unto death remains unchanged," SKM (Non-Political) leader Sukhjeet Singh Hardojhande. P10

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