Close X
Monday, January 6, 2025
ADVT 
India

Farm laws may be withdrawn before Punjab, UP polls: Akhilesh

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Oct, 2021 12:18 PM
  • Farm laws may be withdrawn before Punjab, UP polls: Akhilesh

Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed the apprehension that the Modi government may withdraw the farm laws in view of the upcoming Punjab and Uttar Pradesh elections and later implement them afresh, once elections get over.

Accusing the BJP of only serving the corporates, he said the BJP government is committed to serve the industrialists who have already set up silos and other infrastructure because of the farm laws.

"Ho sakta hai, main aaj keh raha hoon aapse ki Punjab ke chunao dekhte hue, Uttar Pradesh ke chunao dekhte hue, ho sakta hai kisano ke kanoon rad kar diye jayen aur phir chunav ke baad naye kanoon phir aa jayenge (There is a possibility, I am telling you today. Keeping in mind the elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the three farm laws may be recalled and implemented again in a new form after the elections)," Akhilesh told reporters in an informal interaction.

He said the BJP government will implement the farm laws afresh after the elections because it is committed to help the corporates who have already spent money on setting up the infrastructure required once the farm laws are implemented.

Akhilesh further said the government may soon "sell" the recently inaugurated airport in Kushinagar and added that it is selling away everything primarily to deprive the benefits like reservation in employment which will not be applicable once the project is taken over by a private entity.

"Don't be misled by the gala inauguration of the Kushinagar airport recently. For the BJP leaders it was like visiting a property that a common man plans to sell," he said.

He said the Kushinagar airport project was conceptualised by his government and Rs 260 crore was allocated in the Budget for its construction. "BJP is doing what it does the best. They are claiming that the Kushinagar project is their initiative," he added.

MORE India ARTICLES

Oppn parties politicising Lakhimpur Kheri violence: BJP

Oppn parties politicising Lakhimpur Kheri violence: BJP
Referring to police action against protesting farmers in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, the BJP leader said, "Congress leaders who are very keen to visit Lakhimpur Kheri have not uttered a single word against police lathicharge on farmers in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan."

Oppn parties politicising Lakhimpur Kheri violence: BJP

Comparison in social media: Indira arrested in October so is Priyanka

Comparison in social media: Indira arrested in October so is Priyanka
Comparisons are on in social media whether this arrest could change the Congress fortunes as after Indira Gandhi's arrest and later in the election in 1980 the Congress returned with a thumping majority.

Comparison in social media: Indira arrested in October so is Priyanka

Six-member SIT to probe Lakhimpur-Kheri incident

Six-member SIT to probe Lakhimpur-Kheri incident
Violence broke out in Lakhimpur-Kheri on Sunday when some people mowed down protesting farmers with their vehicle, triggering a violent backlash.    

Six-member SIT to probe Lakhimpur-Kheri incident

Channi meets Shah, demands action in Lakhimpur Kheri case

Channi meets Shah, demands action in Lakhimpur Kheri case
During the 45-minute long meeting with the Home Minister, Channi also discussed the security situation of the state and demanded that the border must be sealed properly to effectively prevent the smuggling of weapons from Pakistan.

Channi meets Shah, demands action in Lakhimpur Kheri case

Farmers protest turns violent claiming the lives of 8 in Northern India

Farmers protest turns violent claiming the lives of 8 in Northern India
It is the largest agricultural protest to take place in India and others from around the world have also joined in, tens of thousands of farmers have camped for months on major highways to New Delhi to oppose the three laws.

Farmers protest turns violent claiming the lives of 8 in Northern India

Amit Shah meets Nadda amid Punjab political turmoil

Amit Shah meets Nadda amid Punjab political turmoil
On Thursday night, Shah reached to Nadda's residence and meeting between the two leaders lasted for about an hour. The Shah-Nadda meeting came after a series of events. Earlier, on Wednesday, Amarinder met Shah.

Amit Shah meets Nadda amid Punjab political turmoil