Swarajya Editorial: What To Conclude From Modi Government Repealing The 3 Farm Laws

Описание: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to repeal all the three farm reform laws — announced through a televised address today — is a defeat for reforms and a victory for narrow-minded politicians and anarchists driven by nothing more than animus to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Modi in particular.

The Prime Minister also formally apologised to farmers, which suggests that he has realised that discretion is the better part of valour. Taking on a very large group of voters just before major state assembly elections would have been a huge political challenge.

While it is too early to say whether this will make the Modi government a lame duck for the rest of its two-and-a-half years, the fact remains that geo-political conditions have moved adversely for India after the farm laws were passed in mid-2020. First there was the Chinese incursion in Ladakh, and then came the US retreat from Afghanistan, and then came the likelihood that the farm agitation itself had been infiltrated by anti-national forces, especially Khalistani elements. With Muslim passions already being aroused on various counts, the Modi government could ill afford to fight on three fronts: Pakistan, China and against internal anarchists and anti-nationals.

It will take some time to figure out whether this is only a tactical retreat or a devastating defeat inflicted on the government.

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