By announcing the roll back of the three farm laws and apologising for his inability to convince farmers on the issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to effectively check the reverses that the BJP was likely to face in the upcoming Assembly elections. The BJP is elated that this major issue that has changed political alignments in western Uttar Pradesh, in particular, has been neutralised by the Prime Minister.

Legislators bore the brunt of farmers' anger in the region since the past several months when their agitation was underway. The party asked all its elected representatives to reach out to farmers and explain the advantages of the laws, but BJP ministers and legislators were rudely turned away from several villages and the local farmers were not even willing to talk to them on the issue.