Hundreds of farmers in tractors started arriving at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as Friday marked one year of the ongoing protests against the three Central laws.
The farmers have been camping at three border points of Delhi — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur — for the last one year. The movement against three new farm laws of the Centre began with a “Dilli Chalo” programme on November 26-27 last year.
“It has been a year of unmatched struggle mixed with happiness and sadness. We are fighting and winning. We will fight and win. MSP law is farmers' right,” BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait tweeted in Hindi.
Farmers have been protesting the government's three farm laws. These are the Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020.
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In a major move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19th announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws.
Prime Minister said, “Today I want to tell everyone that we have decided to repeal all three farm laws”.
He further said that, “Three laws were in farmers' benefit but we couldn't convince a section of farmers despite best efforts”.
He also explained that the government brought the farm laws for the welfare of the farmers and with noble intentions but failed to convince a section of farmers despite best efforts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Our government had brought these laws with complete devotion to the farmers with full sincerity, especially in the interest of small farmers, but despite this, we failed to convince some farmers. We kept on explaining to the farmers with utmost humility. We left no stone unturned to understand the farmers' point of view. The government agreed to change the provisions of the law on which they had objections. Friends, today is the holy festival of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, I have come today to inform the entire country that we have decided to take the decision to withdraw all three agricultural laws. This month we will complete the process of taking it back.”