Many believe that Azad’s removal from the panel was the fallout of the resignation letter sent by 20 J&KPCC leaders to Sonia Gandhi. AICC president Sonia Gandhi on Friday dropped him from the disciplinary panel. It is good that the BJP government has rolled these back,” he said.Īzad also downplayed his removal from the party’s disciplinary committee. A bill was also rolled back during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure but the demand of repealing farm laws was not of a particular religion or region. “We always say that government should not make it an issue of prestige. He said that it should not be viewed as victory or defeat. I would say that elections only played the role but ultimately government has accepted to withdraw these bills,” he responded to a query.
“Ensuing elections obviously played a role in the repeal of these farm laws…I need not tell that. “At the same time, we can’t condemn this decision and we welcome it but with a heavy heart,” he said. “Had it been done earlier, the Parliament would also have maintained its ‘maan smaan’ (sanctity) and these lives would not have been lost,” he added. I wish the PM and BJP-led NDA government had taken this decision one-and-a-half years ago because many lives that were lost in dharnas in winters and summers, could have been saved,” he said. When I was leader of opposition, I had said that we make laws for people, but if people don’t want a law, then it serves no purpose. All political parties unanimously opposed these bills and demanded they be rolled back. “It would have been better, had the government rolled them back in time. Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to repeal the three farm laws, adding that many lives could have been saved, had the decision been made early.
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