Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.
Noting that the struggle is not over yet, Rahul Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to dare again to conspire to make farmers slaves in their own land by playing into the hands of a few capitalists and urged him to work towards fulfilling his promise of doubling farmers' income by 2022.
PM Modi announced the withdrawal of all three farm laws this morning. This announcement made Narendra Modi's stature in the eyes of the masses even bigger as Modi not only announced the withdrawal of the three laws, but apologized to the country with folded hands, saying that he could not make some of the farmers happy with the said laws. Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farm unions, spearheading the agitation against the three agriculture laws, has welcomed the prime minister's decision but said they will wait for the announcement to take effect through due parliamentary procedures.
PM Modi is often called a 'man of action'. He proved the same when he repealed the three farm laws bravely as a result of which, now the protesting farmers are thanking him. This, however, has left the opposition parties rattled, who are now politicising the situation.
PM Modi declared to repeal the three farm laws facing massive protests by the farmers. With five states of India headed into the elections next year, what is PM Modi's true agenda behind the decision?
Today Prime Minister Modi announced the repeal of all three farm laws. This is the first time in the history of India that the government had to bow down to the demands of the farmers. However, the politics on this issue is still far from over. Watch Kurukshetra with Saurav Sharma.
On the day of Guru Parv, Modi government announced to withdraw all three farm laws. The farmers sitting on the border are very happy with the decision to repeal the three laws. But the politics on this has heated up. There are allegations that this decision has been taken in compulsion due to upcoming assembly elections in five states. Is this PM Modi's 'master stroke' or compulsion? Watch Muqabla with Ajay Kumar.
Navjot Singh Sidhu said the minimum support price (MSP) is the bigger issue than farm laws as it is the lifeline of farmers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the center of protests by farmers for the past year, and appealed to the protesting farmers to return home.
Distributing sweets and dancing to songs blaring out of music systems placed on tractors, farmers, who have been camping at the Singhu border for nearly a year, were a happy lot on Friday.
The UP CM said though the bills got support from a large section of farmers, a minority that could not be convinced managed to stall it.
PM made the announcement during his address to the nation in which he also stated that the govt has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.
The three laws raised concerns that this will lead to the abolishment of the minimum support price (MSP) guaranteed by the government on select crops and leave farmers at the mercy of big corporates.
In a series of tweets, the stalwart Congress leader hailed those who staged took part in the agitation and compelled the Centre to withdraw the 'anti-farmer laws'.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is leading the protest at Ghazipur, however, said the protest will not be withdrawn until the laws are repealed in Parliament.
PM Modi, in an address to the nation, announced that the govt has decided to repeal the 3 farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.
Anand Sharma said that practice of the BJP government to bypass Parliamentary scrutiny by not referring the bills to standing committees and joint select committees has created complications and conflicts.
Amit Shah said the Prime Minister has shown a 'remarkable statesmanship' and Nadda said the decision will 'further the atmosphere of brotherhood in the nation'.
"I also ask the Union government to compensate the families of farmers who passed away during the protest," Randeep Singh Nabha told the media.
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