Farm laws: SP fears they will return after polls

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday expressed apprehension that the three contentious farm laws will be brought again after the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, citing the statements made by Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj on them.

The state Congress too slammed the BJP, saying the Centre is on the “backfoot” and that its “intention is malafide”. Both Mishra and Maharaj told reporters on Saturday that the laws could be brought again, if needed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Friday announced that the Centre would repeal the farm laws after the nearly year-long agitation by a section of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Farmer leaders said the protesters will stay put at border areas of Delhi until the Centre formally repeals the laws in parliament, and indicated that their stir for a statutory guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) and withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill will continue.

The SP charged, “It is absolutely clear that their heart is not clean, and after the elections, the bills will be brought again. Occupying the constitutional posts, Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra and BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj have said that the BJP government may bring the bill for farm laws.”

“This is the truth of those tendering false apologies to farmers. The farmers will bring a change in 2022,” the SP said in the tweet. -(PTI)