Farmers’ Satyagraha Made Arrogance Bow Its Head: Rahul On Repeal Of Farm Laws
The three-farm law was enacted in September 2020, and was opposed by the opposition and several farmers organization
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the nation and announced that the centre has decided to repeal all three agricultural reform laws that have sparked almost a year of massive protests by farmers.
“We have decided to repeal all three farm laws. We will start the constitutional process to repeal all the three laws in the parliament session that starts at the end of this month,” Modi said in his address to the nation.
Reacting to this stunning U-turn of the centre, Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Retweet one of his old videos saying, “Mark my word, the government will have to take back the Anti-farm Law.” Also Read: Farmers Welfare, Agriculture Development Top Priority Of Govt: PM Modi
While re-sharing the video on Twitter, he said, “The country’s Annadata bowed the head of arrogance with Satyagraha. Congratulations on this victory against injustice! Jai Hind, Jai Hind’s farmer!”
“We haven’t been able to convince farmers. Only a section of them was opposing the laws, but we kept trying to educate and inform them,” PM Modi said.
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The three contentious farm laws -Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; (2) Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020; and (3)Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 – enacted by the Parliament in September 2020.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have been camping outside Delhi since November 2020, demanding that the laws be withdrawn. There have been several rounds of talks between the farmer leaders and the Centre but the impasse remained.
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