No central agency involved’: MoS Ravneet Bittu reacts to midnight detention of Jagjeet Singh Dallewal 

New Delhi: MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu has reacted to the midnight detention of farmer leader and SKM leader Jagjeet Singh Dallewal. He said that the arrest of Dallewal was purely the work of state police and Central government had no involvement in it. In a post on X, Ravneet Singh Bittu called the Punjab government responsible for the detention of Dallewal.

Ravneet Bittu said, “Detention of Farmer Leader dallewal ji is orchestrated by the Bhagwant Mann government. No central agency is involved in his arrest. It is purely the work of the state police, aimed at shifting the blame onto central agencies to divert attention from the real issue. The central government always works for the welfare of farmers and does not engage in such tactics.”

Jagjeet Singh Dallewal detained ahead of Fast unto death

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal was going to start a hunger strike at the Khanauri border of Haryana-Punjab from today. But ahead of his hunger strike which was going to begin from today, Punjab Police detained Dallewal last midnight.

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher has informed that Dallewal was picked up from Khanauri border at around 2 o’clock on Monday night. The whereabouts of Jagjeet Singh Dallewal are not known yet. Pandher also added that many of the policemen who picked up Dallewal were speaking Hindi. It is also claimed that reportedly police team which detained Dallewal was from both Punjab and Haryana.

Pandher said that the central government is oppressing the farmers. He said that Dallewal has been picked up from the jurisdiction of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, so it is duty of Punjab government to clarify its position towards the farmers. Pandher also warned of the serious consequences is information about Dallewal is not revealed.