No Government Should Enact Such Insensitive & Cruel Laws Again: Parkash Badal

New Delhi : On the Centre’s decision to repeal farm laws and on the victory of farmers SAD supremo Prakash Singh Badal on Friday said that no government should enact such “insensitive and cruel laws” again. Adding on he says that this is a Historic moment. He said, “A defining moment in history and a historic victory of farmers on Gurupurab.”

Talking about the laws, Mr. Badal said, “It was for the first time in the history of democratic governments that brazen and cruel laws were made without even taking the stakeholders on board.’ “No govt should ever do such an insensitive and cruel thing again,” he asserted.

Describing “700 farmers who died during the protest as martyrs”, Mr. Badal said, “The loss of these these brave soldiers and the disgraceful and entirely avoidable events like the one at Lakhimpur will always remain a dark blot on the face of this government.”

On this Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said that this is a victory of ‘democracy’ and big defeat of Centre’s arrogance.

He also said that it is a victory of the patience of farmers who kept agitating for the last one year. “The announcement of repealing all three black agricultural laws is a victory of democracy and defeat of the arrogance of the Modi government. This is a victory of the patience of the farmers who have been agitating for the last one year. The country can never forget that hundreds of farmers have lost their lives due to the short-sightedness and pride of the Modi government,” Mr. Gehlot tweeted.

“I bow to all the farmers who sacrificed their lives in the farmers’ movement. This is the victory of their sacrifice,” he said.

मैं किसान आंदोलन में शहादत देने वाले सभी किसानों को नमन करता हूं। यह उनके बलिदान की जीत है।

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) November 19, 2021

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday after the withdrawal of three farm laws congratulated farmers via twitter. She says that farmers fought this war against three farm laws restlessly were not fazed by the “cruelty” of the BJP.

“My heartfelt congratulations to every single farmer who fought relentlessly and were not fazed by the cruelty with which @BJP4India treated you. This is YOUR VICTORY! My deepest condolences to everyone who lost their loved ones in this fight. #FarmLaws,” Ms. Banerjee tweeted.

My heartfelt congratulations to every single farmer who fought relentlessly and were not fazed by the cruelty with which @BJP4India treated you. This is YOUR VICTORY!

My deepest condolences to everyone who lost their loved ones in this fight.#FarmLaws

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) November 19, 2021

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday welcomed the government’s announcement to repeal the contentious farm laws, saying the “sacrifice” of farmers who died protesting against them will remain immortal.

“Such a happy news has been received on Prakash Diwas. The three laws scrapped. More than 700 farmers martyred. Their sacrifice will remain immortal. The coming generations will remember how the farmers of the country saved farming and the farmers by risking their own lives. My tribute to farmers of my country,” Mr. Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

आज प्रकाश दिवस के दिन कितनी बड़ी ख़ुशख़बरी मिली। तीनों क़ानून रद्द। 700 से ज़्यादा किसान शहीद हो गए। उनकी शहादत अमर रहेगी। आने वाली पीढ़ियाँ याद रखेंगी कि किस तरह इस देश के किसानों ने अपनी जान की बाज़ी लगाकर किसानी और किसानों को बचाया था। मेरे देश के किसानों को मेरा नमन

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 19, 2021

This all comes amid the Centre’s announcement of repealing the three farm laws which took lives of more than 700 farmers, on November 19 morning.

Mr. D.R.E Reddy, CEO & Managing Partner, CRCL LLP

“While it is good that the PM has announced the repeal of farm laws by empathizing with the protesting farmers, in the same tempo, the government has to look at drastic reforms in farm sector through inclusive participation of all stakeholders with the sole objective of ensuring right kind of gains for the farmers which should motivate more farming activity besides eliminating middlemen that can benefit the common man in the form of lesser prices of commodities.

60-70% of our population are making a lively hood out of farming, contributing 20% to GDP which needs immediate attention through inclusive decision making.”

CRCL LLP– the largest domestically managed contractual food services company in India.