Farm Laws Repeal: Rajasthan Gov Kalraj Mishra & BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj Say, 'Bills Can Be Re-Drafted If Needed'

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj have said that government can re-draft farm laws later if required.

Farmers Protest at Singhu border (File Photo)

New Delhi: While Prime Minister Modi apologized to the country and repealed the three contentious Farm Laws against which farmers have been protesting at the Delhi border for over a year now, Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra has sparked a row by saying that the three laws can be brought back if needed.

Governor Kalraj Mishra said, "Govt tried to explain to farmers the benefits of Farm Laws but the farmers were adamant on getting them repealed. Govt felt that it should be taken back & re-drafted later if needed but right now they should repeal as farmers are demanding..."

Bharatiya Janta Party MP Sakshi Maharaj also came forward to welcome the move of repealing the Farm Laws by the Narendra Modi government but his opinion also echoed with Kalraj Mishra as the BJP MP said that the three Farm Laws "can be re-drafted"

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj said, "Bills(Farm Laws) have got nothing to do with polls...For PM Modi, the nation comes first. Bills come, they're repealed, they can come back, they can be re-drafted. I thank PM that he chose nation over Bill & dealt a blow to wrong intentions."

Just months before elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi surprised the nation on Guru Parab announcing that the Centre has decided to repeal Farm Laws. 

"While apologising to the nation, I want to say with a sincere and pure heart that maybe something was lacking in our tapasya (dedication) that we could not explain the truth, as clear as the light of the diya, to some of our farmer brothers. But today is Prakash Parv, not the time to blame anyone. Today, I want to tell the country that we have decided to repeal the three farm laws," PM Modi said in an address to the nation.

Since November 26, 2020, farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi’s borders demanding the repeal of the laws. After several rounds of talks between the government and farmer unions failed to end the protests, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of three farm laws.

PM Modi also announced the formation of a committee comprising representatives of the central government, state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists and agricultural economists to ensure decisions on various issues related to agriculture, including making the minimum support price (MSP), are more “effective and transparent”