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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the country’s Annadata (food provider) has “bent its head to arrogance” and termed the Centre’s decision to repeal agricultural laws as a “victory against injustice”.
His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address to the nation on Friday morning announced that the government has decided to repeal three agriculture laws, which were at the center of farmers’ protests for the past one year.
The country’s Annadata has bowed its head to the ego through Satyagraha. Congratulations on this victory against injustice! ‘Jai Hind, Jai Hind ka farmer’, Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
In another tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said that this is also a victory for those who could not return to their homes.
He tweeted with the hashtag ‘Farmlaws Ripped’, “The defeat is theirs, who could not save the life of ‘Annadata’.”
The Farmer Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Price Assurance and Agricultural Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, be withdrawn and a new law be made to guarantee MSP for crops.
The Centre, which has held several rounds of formal talks with farmers, had said the new laws are pro-farmer, while protesters claimed that they would be left at the mercy of corporations because of the laws.
Read also: 5 reasons for the victory of farmers in the fight for agricultural laws against the Modi government
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