What happened in Punjab is unforgivable, but one wonders why the agrarian movement is so intense in Punjab.


- The government also needs to give up on agricultural laws. A law that creates unrest, even if it is in the public interest, cannot be repealed.

What happened and is happening in Punjab is unforgivable. Its splashes have also flown in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. In Punjab, opposition to agricultural laws has reached an unusual level, while the central government is also on the sidelines. It does not want to repeal agricultural laws.

Some observers have even suggested that China and Pakistan may be behind the agitation. They both want a bottleneck in Punjab to separate Kashmir from India. So through the movement of independent Punjab-Khalistan, reminiscent of the movement started by some Bhindranwale. He likened the agitation to a huge conspiracy by the central government which could not reach Kashmir by making Punjab independent from India.

We do not accept that there is a foreign hand in the current movement but with that comes the question, why is the movement so intense only in Punjab? The agricultural law is to be applied uniformly across the country. Oops! There is no such (anti-agricultural) movement in the state under the rule of Mamata Banerjee, a staunch opponent of the BJP and the BJP government at the Center. Kerala which is a staunch opponent of BJP. Why is there no intense movement? On the other hand, if we talk about Gujarat, no one even discusses it. Except, a few opposition leaders.

This does not mean that there is a futile opposition to the law. Until the Congress rule, there was a law that only a dynasty that was traditionally a farmer could have cultivable land. The rich cannot buy the land of the farmer directly. Even if he has to cultivate, he has to keep the original farmer as a 'runner'. He remains a farmer participant. Not a servant.

According to the calculations, the law of his land came later.

Putting all this aside, if there were large farms on the American model, the fence between the farms would be removed and millions of acres of arable land would be released. Agricultural production also increases. Also, the rich can afford the expensive machines they need. He can also buy expensive chemical fertilizers and pay for the water obtained for irrigation. True, this can be bypassed-but not unless you're a techie who knows what he's doing. By doing so, the owner of the farmer's land becomes a servant in the same land.

Therefore, if there is an objection against some sections of the agricultural laws, then the government promised to remove those sections and did so, but the farmers are adamant on the demand to remove the same laws. The farmers of Punjab in particular have a prejudice against it. Opponents have seized this opportunity. It seems that they have not studied agricultural laws in depth.

This is not right. Even if such an intense movement is not appropriate, let us accept that at this stage the government should give up. At a time when the country is grappling with the issues of unemployment, inflation and China-Pakistan-Taliban, what is the need to raise a new question. But power and the ego born of it do not seem to allow it. It is because of this ego that the BJP lost the country's richest state, Maharashtra. Spoiled with Akalis in Punjab. In it the peasant movement. This movement gave the opposition a chance to come up on a platform. At one point, even Chandrababu Naidu, a supporter of the BJP, has become neutral.

The BJP has lost the support of its oldest ally Shiv Sena. At the same time, the country's richest state Maharashtra has also lost. In it, the agrarian movement has provided an opportunity for the opposition to come up on a single platform. Ashish Mishra fled and hid in a sugarcane field after eight people, including four farmers, were crushed under the motor. His arrest is yet to be made. There he has imprisoned Priyanka Vadra who went to console the farming families.

So the question is more confused with the movement of the opposition rather than resolving it. Priyanka Vadra has become a heroine. With Rahul Gandhi banned from going to Lakhimpur Kheri, he is shining in the limelight again. He met Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut and started talking about a plan for unity of the opposition.

One thing is for sure. Legislative elections are to be held in the five states of 202. The BJP will have to suffer there, especially in Uttar Pradesh. So if the Opposition unites by 202, the BJP may even be removed from power.

Oops! Even if a law is in the public interest, it is not acceptable to the public and therefore creates unrest. So what's wrong with dropping that law? What's wrong with canceling? But power seems to be at stake.

Yes! One of the effects of this will be that the move of some countries to bottle-neck India through Punjab will fail. That is the most important point. It is possible that these farmers may not have been aware of the ploy and even the Opposition leaders may not have thought deeply about it. But those who want to run India's system should think so.

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