“It is in this light that a new law guaranteeing minimum support price to farmers is enacted,” Mayawati added. Hence some strong steps are required in this regard,” Mayawati tweeted. However, it has also been described as a decision forced upon by electoral compulsions. “The Centre’s withdrawal of three controversial farm laws following a sharp agitation has been dubbed a late but wise move. Throughout their agitation the farmers had flagged, among other things, the government’s plan to do away with the MSP and despite firm and repeated denials by the government, the farmers had stuck to their stand. Mayawati is among the several opposition leaders who have said that the Centre’s announcement was forced upon due to electoral compulsions in Punjab and in western UP, areas where farmers’ agitation was widely expected to cost the BJP in the 2022 assembly elections. In a veiled manner, she said the Centre’s decision to withdraw farm laws might have been politically motivated. She also sought to remind the BJP government that the country had suffered due to what she described as the “autocratic” Congress regime led by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said while the withdrawal of three contentious farm laws was a late but much needed move, the government was yet to act on a demand by farmers to enact a farm law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP) to them for their produce.
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