Decision to repeal farm laws not related to upcoming polls: BJP

While the Centres announcement to repeal three farm laws is seen as a political decision with eye on forthcoming assembly polls in five states the BJP claims that it has nothing to do with elections as the party has won many states after laws were passed by the ParliamentIn his address to the nation on Wednesday morning Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the governments decision to repeal the three farm laws in the upcoming winter session of the ParliamentSources in the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP said there have been attempts made to call the decision to repeal the laws as a political move by the government for upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh Punjab Uttarakhand Goa and Manipur but it is not true and far from realityHowever everyone must remember that BJP has won many elections bypolls after the farm laws were passed in the Parliament last year a party source saidThe saffron party mentioned that after three farm laws were implemented in September last year it has won Assam assembly polls by winning 60 out of 90 it contestedIn West Bengal Assembly polls the BJP has won 77 seats out of the 291 contested while it had won three out of the same number of contested seats in 2016The BJP became a part of the government in Puducherry for the first time ever after securing six seats in polls held earlier this yearThe party also mentioned bypolls victory in Maharashtra in MayWe won bypolls in Assam Madhya Pradesh Telangana and Karnataka held on October 30 We swept the Zila Panchayat chairpersons elections In Uttar Pradesh We also won civic polls in Gujarat and Karnataka It is completely wrong to say that the decision to repeal the farm laws is a political move with an eye on next years assembly polls in five states a senior party functionary saidReferring to the Prime Ministers word that whatever he did was for farmers and what he is doing is for the country another senior functionary said that the farmers movement was being explored by vested interest groups who wanted to use this movement to weaken IndiaThere were inputs that some international forces are planning to create unrest in the country especially in Punjab Decision has nothing to do with politics for the Narendra Modi governments national interest is first priority and it is above politics Elections come and go but for the BJP nation comes first he saidA senior leader pointed out that despite BJP being in majority in both Houses of Parliament the Prime Minister has taken the more democratic and statesmanlike approachWe have a majority in Parliament we have a government in a large majority of states as well Yet the Prime Minister has taken a decision because it was clear that there were still a small number of people who were opposing the farm laws and did not see the good that was to come out of it Prime Minister Modi has taken the more democratic and statesmanlike approach he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever