Victory against injustice: Rahul Gandhi on PM’s announcement to repeal farm laws

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The “annadatas” (food providers) of the country have made “arrogance bow its head down” through “satyagraha”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday and described the Centre’s decision to repeal three contentious farm laws as a “victory against injustice”

His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation on Friday morning, announced the government’s decision to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the last one year

“Country’s annadatas have made arrogance bow its head down through satyagraha. Congratulations on this victory against injustice! Jai Hind, Jai Hind ka Kisan,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. In another tweet, he said it is also a victory for those who could not return home. “Defeat is only theirs, who could not save the lives of ‘annadaatas’…,” the former Congress chief tweeted with the hashtag “FarmLawsRepealed” and shared images of farmers struggling during the protests against the three laws.

Several Congress leaders highlighted that Gandhi had, in a tweet on October 29, said only barricades were removed from the protest sites of the farmers and the three contentious laws will also be done away with soon. They also shared his earlier comments in which he had said, “Mark my words, the government will be forced to take back the farm laws.”