2020 was not a good year for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His calculations went wrong the day he said, "Mahabharat was won in 18 days, but the war against Coronavirus will take 21 days." Thereafter, Modi had a plan to announce the launch of a vaccine against Covid-19 on August 15, ahead of other countries but that plan was shelved as it got leaked. Finally, the farmers protest has taken Modi by surprise. His government was not prepared for it.
The length to which the government has gone to convince farmers shows that the entire farmers issue could have been better managed from the beginning. This issue is not going to be solved amicably or otherwise by any means very soon until the farm laws are scrapped by the government.
DIOMEDES PEREIRA, Corlim Ilhas
