PM Modi’s Decision To Scrap Three-Farm Law For Electoral Gain In Upcoming Elections: Prithviraj Chavan
The Congress leader demanded that an ordinance should be brought today to scrap the farm laws
Mumbai: Reacting to the Centre’s decision to scrap the three-farm laws, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision was made for political gains in the upcoming assembly elections.
“PM Modi never takes any decision without political gain or electoral gain, when the by-polls result came, he immediately reduced fuel price. Now five state polls are in line and he sees no sign of victory. Many Punjab BJP leaders could not even hold any meetings in the state. A similar situation is there in Uttar Pradesh and other states. They want farmer issue to go away during the polls,” Chavan told ANI.
Uttar Pradesh along with Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat go for assembly elections next year.
The Congress leader also demanded that an ordinance should be brought today to scrap the farm laws and discussions can take place later in the parliament.
Questioning Modi government, Chavan asked, “Now, what about the promise of doubling farmers income that he made, and what is the roadmap for it, should be presented in parliament.”
Chavan called the policies of the Prime Minister a failure, and said, “He (PM Modi) could not convince farmers, his policy has failed. If Modi wants to be relevant then he should answer these doubts.”
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Central government will repeal the three contentious farm laws as they failed to ‘convince farmers’ that has sparked almost a year of massive protests by farmers.
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 was enacted by the Parliament in September 2020.
Since November 2020, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have been camping outside Delhi, demanding that the laws be withdrawn. There had been several rounds of talks between the farmer leaders and the Centre but the impasse remained.
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