“When workers stick together, they can defeat the interests of the company and make progress,” says Andy Levin.
ByLalitKJha:
US Congressman Andy Levin has welcomed the repeal of three farm laws in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government had decided to repeal three agricultural laws, which have been the focus of farmers’ protests over the past year, and called on protesting farmers to return home. .
“Glad to see that after more than a year of protests, three farm bills in India will be repealed,” Congressman Andy Levin said on Friday.
“This is proof that when workers stick together, they can defeat corporate interests and make progress – in India and around the world,” he said in a tweet.
In Guru Nanak Jayanti’s auspicious address to the nation, Prime Minister Modi stressed that the law is for the benefit of the farmers and later apologized to the people of the country, adding that the government cannot persuade a part of the peasantry to defy it. pure heart and pure conscience.
“I have come to tell you that we have decided to repeal three agricultural laws. During the upcoming session of Parliament that begins later this month, we will finalize the constitutional process to repeal the three agricultural laws. camp,” Prime Minister Modi said.
Hundreds of farmers have camped at the three borders of Delhi since November 2020 demanding that the government repeal the Farmers’ Trade and Agricultural Production (Incentive and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers Agreement (Empowering and Protecting) on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Goods (Amendment) Act, 2020.
They have also requested a new law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
The center, which has held 11 rounds of formal dialogue with farmers, has maintained that the new laws are pro-farmers, while opponents claim that they will be at the mercy of corporations because of the law. .
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