Chandigarh, March 24 -- A fresh storm, it seems, is brewing in Punjab's agrarian belt as farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike for over 118 days now, was quietly shifted from Jalandhar Cantonment's PWD rest house to a private hospital in Patiala on Sunday under heavy police security. The sudden and secretive relocation has sparked outrage among farmer unions, further escalating tensions in an already volatile situation.
Amid the growing discontent, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced a nationwide protest on March 28 against what it calls the "state-sponsored repression" of Punjab's farmers. The SKM has accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab Government of colluding with the Bharatiya Janata Part...