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Congress partys sharp attack comes over Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomars remarks that government moved a step back and will move forward again

The Sikh community in the US has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repealing the three contentious farm laws, saying issues concerning the farmers were duly addressed under his leadership.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government on Thursday withdrew bills through voice vote to amend 'The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020', 'The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020' and 'The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020'.

Many farmers had been protesting and camping at Delhi's borders since November 2020 with a demand that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020

The 'ghar wapsi' was marked with celebratory atmosphere at Ghazipur border, where protestors, chiefly members and supporters of the Tikait family-led Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), danced to patriotic and regional tunes hailing the farming community.

Farmers started leaving the protest site on the Delhi-Haryana border on Saturday after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) suspended the agitation following the repeal of the Centre's three farm laws and the government conceding to its other demands.

Days after the Parliament passed the bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government will withdraw three amendment bills tabled in the monsoon session of the state legislature.

Tikait made these remarks as the last batch of farmers, who had been protesting against the now-repealed three central farm laws, began vacating the Ghazipur protest site at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border.

New Delhi, December 13 After over a year, the Singhu border, which was the epicentre of the farmers’ agitation, now bears a deserted look with the last batch of demonstrators leaving for their

Tikri and Ghazipur borders of Delhi on Saturday witnessed the end of a long protest as farmers who have been camping in the national capital for over a year started heading back homes in a busy manner celebrating their success of repeal of the ...