On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi addressed the nation and announced that the government has decided to repeal three
farm laws
, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year. Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to hail the move. Taapsee Pannu and Richa Chaddha took to Twitter to react to the news.
Sonu Sood wrote, “This is a wonderful news! Thank you, @narendramodi ji, @PMOIndia , for taking back the farm laws. Thank you, farmers, for raising just demands through peaceful protests. Hope you will happily return to be with your families on the Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji today.”
In a series of tweets,
Gul Panag added, “Grateful to @narendramodi for repealing the Farm Laws, finally.�� I wish we didn’t have to let the impasse last this long, cause so many lives to be lost. And demonise, debase, delegitimise the Farm Protest and the protestors. #Farmlawsrepealed. Let this be a lesson for future Governments to find the means & the will, to engage with all stake holders when bringing about reform. And also a lesson for law makers -that legislative procedure can’t be circumvented by passing laws in minutes, without discussion & debate. And no,farmers are NOT going to forget (or forgive) being called hooligans, ‘mawaalis’ anti nationals , terrorists, goons. Remember that. They have, through their grit & perseverance, forced the hand of this Government, that doesn’t back down, on anything.
#Farmlawsrepealed.”
Shekhar Suman and filmmaker
Hansal Mehta also rejoiced for the farmers.