Protest Won’t Be Withdrawn Immediately, Will Wait Till Parliament Repeals Farm Laws: Tikait

Mumbai: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) one of the farmer unions protesting against the three farm laws leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday said that they will continue their agitation until the law is repealed in parliament.

“The protest will not be withdrawn immediately, we will wait for the day when agricultural laws will be repealed in Parliament,” he tweeted. Also Read: PM Narendra Modi Withdraws Three Farm Laws, Apologises To The nation

Tikait also said that the government has many other issues of farmers to discuss along with MSP (Minimum Support Price). Also Read: Farmers’ Satyagraha Made Arrogance Bow Its Head: Rahul On Repeal Of Farm Laws

In a tweet, he said, “Along with the MSP, the government should also discuss other issues of farmers.”

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In a stunning announcement on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and 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.

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farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have been camping outside Delhi, demanding that the laws be withdrawn.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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