Since Prime Minister Narendra
Modi announced the withdrawal of three contentious farm laws enacted in
September 2020, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was quick to tweet an old clip of
his saying ‘Mark my words, govt will have to take back anti-farm laws’ at a
rally has gone viral.

On January 14 2021, Rahul Gandhi had shared
a video supporting the agitating farmers on Twitter. “I am very very proud
of what our farmers are doing and I fully support the farmers and I will
continue to stand with them. I raised their issues in yatra in Punjab and we
will continue to do it. Mark my words, take it from me, these laws… the
government will be forced to take them back. Remember what I said,” Rahul
Gandhi had said at Madurai Airport on Pongal Day, the harvest festival of
southern states.

He also said the union government’s
decision to repeal three farm laws was a victory against the injustice meted
out to farmers and said arrogance had to bow its head before the peaceful
‘satyagraha’ of farmers.

“Country’s ‘annadatas’ (food
providers) have made arrogance bow its head through satyagraha,” Rahul
Gandhi said in a tweet written in Hindi.

“Congratulations on this victory
against injustice! ‘Jai Hind, Jai Hind ka Kisan’,” the Congress leader
said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address
to the nation on the occasion of Gurupurab, announced that the government has
decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by
farmers for over a year since President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent.

“Could not convince farmers”

Taking back the farm laws – Farmers’
Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act The Farmers
(Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act
The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
the three laws were enacted for the benefit of farmers but “we couldn’t
convince a section of farmers despite best efforts”. The goal of the three
farm laws was to empower farmers, especially small farmers, he said.

Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh had been staging protests at the Delhi border on November 26, 2020,
demanding the repeal of three farm laws.