According to the wishes of the majority of the farmers, the government has to repeal the three farm laws and this demand is not negotiable. At least 10 opposition parties and many states with an overwhelming majority of the farming community are against the laws. Nowhere in the world are farmers being given such step-motherly treatment as farmers in India. Punjab is the wheat bowl of India which supplies a large share of wheat all over India. The farm laws are anti-farmer. More than 70 farmers have been martyred and this government intransigence has to stop. The NDA has to accept defeat on the issue of farm laws and retreat or else the reputation of India in the world will be tarnished beyond repair. Even teen climate activist Greta Thunberg tweeted in support of the farmers. Thunberg is widely considered as a potential Nobel Peace prize contender this year. Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinobha Bhave would have been proud of her and would definitely call for the repeal of the contentious laws.
