Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, not Akal Takht chief Giani Raghbir Singh, if you want it over quickly, farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal tells BJP.

The Punjab BJP has appealed to the Akal Takht, but it should approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi if they want him to end its hunger strike, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said on Friday as his fast unto death entered the 46th day.

In a three-minute video message released on Friday, the 70-year-old farmer leader said he will end his fast only after the Center accepts the farmers’ demands, which include a legal guarantee of a Minimum Support Price for the crops.

A BJP delegation, comprising Sukhminder Pal Singh Grewal and Sarchand Singh, on Thursday appealed to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh to intervene and end the farmer leader’s indefinite fast.

The delegation expressed concern over Dallewal’s deteriorating health.

In his video message, Dallewal said: “We have information that leaders of the BJP’s Punjab unit have asked the Akal Takht to intervene to end Dallewal’s fast unto death. (They appealed to the Akal Takht for) a direction for May he finish his fast. I respect the Akal Takht.”

“But the Punjab BJP should approach (Prime Minister) Modi ji, Vice President (Jagdeep Dhankhar), Agriculture Minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan), (Home Minister) Amit Shah ji. Instead of meeting them, are getting closer to the Akal Takht Jathedar,” he said.

Farmer leaders camped on the Punjab-Haryana border also burnt effigies of the central government on Friday.

Dallewal, who is the convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Apolitical), has been on indefinite hunger strike at the Khanauri border point between Punjab and Haryana since November 26 last year over various demands of the farmers, including seeking a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

Dallewal has refused medical assistance during the prolonged period of fasting, causing his health to deteriorate.

Doctors treating Dallewal had earlier said his condition was “deteriorating” due to prolonged fasting.

The farmers, under the banner of SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after security forces stopped their march towards Delhi. .