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Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Farmers celebrate with ‘jalebis’ at Ghazipur border after Prime Minister Narendra Modi
farm laws at Tikri Border, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo) announced the repealing of the three farm laws, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)

upcoming Assembly polls. “What asked how can highways be blocked. ture with these reforms. But due to to the Centre eventually withdraw-
will happen to the 700-750 farmers The Bench had said, “Redressal some situations, some farmers ob- ing the three farm laws. Punjab Chief
who died in the farmers’ agitation so can be through a judicial forum, ag- jected. When we took path of discus- Minister Charanjit Singh Channi
far? The government has taken this itation or parliamentary debates but sions and tried to explain to them, we termed the Centre’s decision to re-
step-in view of the elections to be how can highways be blocked and could not succeed,” he told ANI. peal all three black farm laws as
held in five crucial assembly states,” this cannot be a perpetual problem. Farmers have been protesting “much delayed but a welcome step,”
Yadav said. Where does it end?” The Bench was against the government’s three farm adding that if Prime Minister would
Yechury said, “This decision will hearing a plea of a woman resident laws since they were passed by the have taken this decision earlier, “sev-
impact the vote bank in Western UP, of Noida seeking direction to ensure Centre in 2020. eral precious lives would have been
Punjab....but it will not give any elec- that the road between Noida to Del- The decision to repeal three farm saved”.
toral benefits to BJP as farmers will hi is kept clear so that the passage is laws announced by Prime Minister Ahead of Uttar Pradesh As-
not forget the hardships they have not affected. The apex court also said Narendra Modi on Gurpurab is like- sembly elections, Rashtriya Lok Dal
faced during last one year.” that implementation of the law is the ly to have an impact on the assembly (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary
Addressing a media in Lucknow, duty of the executive and the Court elections in Punjab with the BJP like- on Friday hinted at forming an al-
the Congress general secretary Pri- has no means to implement it. ly to take political credit for the de- liance with Samajwadi Party in the
yanka Gandhi said that the govern- Union Agriculture Minister Na- cision and other parties too vying for state. The RLD chief said, “By this
ment can see in the surveys that the rendra Singh Tomar said that Prime credit due to their opposition to the month-end, we (RLD and Samajwa-
situation is not right so that they Minister’s intention was to bring legislations. The ruling Congress gov- di Party) will take the decision and
have come to apologise before polls. revolutionary changes in the lives of ernment in Punjab, which opposed will come together.” Uttar Pradesh
“Why is he doing this? Is the nation farmers but the government failed the farm laws terming them as “black is scheduled to go for Assembly polls
not understanding that polls are ap- to explain the benefits of the central laws” had recently moved a resolu- in 2022.
proaching and they might’ve felt that farm laws to some farmers of the na- tion in the state assembly against the Previously, in the 2017 As-
situation isn’t right. They can see in tion. three farm laws. sembly elections in Uttar Pradesh,
surveys that the situation is not right. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi The party is likely to tell voters the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged
So, they have come to apologise be- had tried to bring changes in agricul- that its opposition also contributed 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar
fore polls,” said Priyanka. Pradesh Assembly while Samajwadi
The announcement comes ex- Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, Bahujan
actly one week before the enactment Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 and
of farm laws would have completed Congress could manage to win only
one year on November 26. seven seats. The rest of the seats
Further, this news pours in just were bagged by other candidates.
before the Winter Session of the Par- Chaudhary further welcomed
liament is likely to commence on No- the Centre’s call to squash the farm
vember 29. The previous Monsoon laws. He said, “I welcome the Cen-
Session was continuously disrupted tre’s decision. It is the victory of
due to the protests by the Opposition farmers. The farmers andolan had
in both Houses of Parliament. been going on for almost one year.
Earlier, on September 30, the They have faced a lot. I congratulate
Supreme Court took a view of the the farmers for this win,” he said.
continued blockade of highways in It is the first time since coming to
Delhi-NCR due to farmers protests power in 2014 that Modi has backed
against the three agriculture laws and off on any major policy decision.
said that this cannot be a perpetual It is too early to say if the decision
problem. A Bench headed by Justice will help Modi’s party in the assem-
said that the redressal of the issue can Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three bly elections in Punjab and UP. But
be through the judicial forum, agita- farm laws, in Jalandhar on Friday. (ANI Photo) at the moment the Prime Minister
tion or parliamentary debates and looks defeated.

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