Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, a key figure inthe ongoing agitation against the three central agricultural laws said thatthey will not end the protest so soon. He also stressed that the governmentshould talk to farmers over the issue of minimum support price (MSP) of cropsand other matters.
"The protest will not be withdrawnimmediately, we will wait for the day when the farm laws are repealed inParliament. Along with MSP, the government should talk to farmers on other issuestoo," Tikait tweeted in Hindi.
Today, on the auspicious day of Guru NanakDev Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a big announcement. Duringhis nation address, PM Modi said that the central government has decided to‘repel’ all three farm laws.
Prime Minister said, “Today I want to telleveryone that we have decided to repeal all three farm laws”.
He further said that “Three laws were infarmers' benefit but we couldn't convince a section of farmers despite bestefforts”.
He also explained that the government broughtthe farm laws for the welfare of the farmers and with noble intentions butfailed to convince a section of farmers despite best efforts. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said, “Our government had brought these laws with completedevotion to the farmers with full sincerity, especially in the interest ofsmall farmers, but despite this, we failed to convince some farmers. We kept onexplaining to the farmers with utmost humility. We left no stone unturned tounderstand the farmers' point of view. The government agreed to change theprovisions of the law on which they had objections. Friends, today is the holyfestival of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, I have come today to inform the entire countrythat we have decided to take the decision to withdraw all three agriculturallaws. This month we will complete the process of taking it back.”