Addressing the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of all the three controversial new agricultural laws on the special occasion of Guru Parv and Kartik Purnima. He said that some farmers could not convince the brothers. Today is the holy festival of Guru Nanak Dev. This is not the time to blame anyone. Today I have come to inform the whole country that the government has decided to withdraw all the three agricultural laws. He said that by the end of this month, the three will start the constitutional process of withdrawing the agriculture laws. Along with this, PM Modi appealed to the people sitting on the movement to go back to their homes on Prakash Parv.
The Prime Minister also announced the formation of a committee on issues related to the Minimum Support Price (MSP). PM Modi said- “In my public life of five decades, I have experienced the difficulties, challenges of farmers very closely.” While addressing the nation, he underlined the steps taken by his government to benefit small farmers. did.
Addressing the countrymen, Prime Minister Modi extended his best wishes on Guru Parv and Kartik Purnima. He said that it is also very pleasant that after a gap of one and a half years, the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor has now reopened.
All three laws were passed by Parliament last year
It is noteworthy that all the three new agricultural laws were passed by Parliament on 17 September 2020. Since then, there was a constant demand from farmer organizations to withdraw these laws by protesting. Farmers’ organizations argued that through this law, the government would abolish the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and leave them at the mercy of industrialists. Whereas, the government argued that through these laws new investment opportunities would be created in the agriculture sector and the income of farmers would increase. Even after several rounds of talks with the government, an agreement could not be reached on this. Farmers are protesting against these laws by sitting on agitations around the borders of Delhi.