Farm laws repeal: Cabinet nod to bills likely on Wednesday

Nihangs and farmers take part in a procession at Singhu border in New Delhi, on Sunday. Pic/PTI

The Union Cabinet is likely to take up for approval on Wednesday the bills for withdrawal of the three farm laws, government sources said. These bills shall then be introduced in the forthcoming session of Parliament, they added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Friday announced, on the occasion of Gurupurab, the government's intention to withdraw the laws. The winter session of Parliament would commence from November 29.

Demanding the withdrawal of the laws, agitating farmers sitting at three sites on Delhi's borders since November last year have said they will stay put till Parliament repeals them.

Farmers in UP's Muzaffarnagar have now trained their sights on a law for the minimum support price (MSP). Magaram Balyan, a local BKU member said the protests are now firmly united in their opposition to the BJP.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) will hold another meeting on November 27 to decide future course of action while the planned march to Parliament by farmers on November 29 will go ahead as per schedule, farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said on Sunday.

SKM, an umbrella body of the agitating unions, met earlier on Sunday to decide on the next course of action, including on the MSP issue.

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