By Omkar Dattatray
The farmers have unashamedly decided to continue with their agitation even after the decision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of scrapping of the three controversial Farm laws. There is no point and locus-standi in continuance of the agitation by the farmers. The fact of the matter is that the farmers' agitation has been hijacked by the politicians and it stands politicized as the politicians of the opposition parties are using the platform provided by the farmers for spreading their political agendas. Hence it should be understood by the seasoned citizens of the country that the farmers' agitation has no longer remained a pure farmers movement but it has political overtures. The farmers leaders should have decided to wound up their stir as no less a person than the prime minister Narendra Modi himself had announced his decision to repeal the three controversial farm laws in the interest of the country .How sad and queer it is that earlier the farmers leaders were asking and demanding the repeal of the three farm laws as they were considering these laws against the farmers interests and welfare .The farmers leaders were calling these laws as black laws while the fact was otherwise as the NDA government considered these farm laws in the interest of the farming community .Now that the prime minister had announced the decision to repeal these laws the farmers should withdraw their agitation and return to their normal and routine work otherwise the people of the country will come to the conclusion that the farmers agitation is politically motivated. The countrymen will not forgive the farmers for hijacking the nation ostensibly in the interest of the farm community .Since the politicians of various political parties are furthering their political agendas in the name of the farmers agitation and the farmers stir has not remained a pure farmers movement but has become through and through a political agitation and this is the reason that the farmers are continuing their strike .Otherwise there is no rationale in the continuance of the agitation .It is the opportune time that the farmers should withdraw their one year long stir but thanks to the politics behind the agitation it is being continued .There are political motives to the agitation and as such the farmers were constrained to continue the stir even after the decision of the prime minister to scrap the farm laws. The prime minister has sincerely announced the decision of the cabinet to scrap the farm laws and now it is the turn of the agitating farmers to return to their homes and farms as their demand for the cancellation of the three farm laws has been accepted by the government. The prime minister has also made it clear that the three farm laws will be tabled before the parliament for their repeal and in accordance with his word the farm laws in question have been placed before the parliament for repeal. The bill to repeal the three farm laws has been passed in the Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha without any debate and discussion and has been sent to president for his assent. However the opposition parties demanded the debate on the bill to repeal the farm bills but it was not accepted by the chair because the bill to repeal does not require the debate and discussion as the original bill for the farm laws was earlier passed without any debate .But unfortunately the repeal of the farm laws has created a panderers box as now there is the demand to repeal the triple talaq law and the repeal of the Citizenship amendment law and also the demand for the revival and restoration of the controversial article 37o of the constitution. The farmers and the opposition parties have been emboldened by the decision of the repeal of the three farm laws and now they are making demands for the scrapping of the triple talaq law and the CAA AND THE LIKE .Unfortunately the farmers are also putting new and new demands and are thus continuing their strike .The farmers are not ashamed of their behavior and have made the impractical decision of continuing their strike. The farmers are now demanding the law on the guarantee of the minimum support price for the farm produce and also are demanding compensation to the next of kin of the farmers died during the one year long agitation .They are also demanding that the cases framed against the farmers should be cancelled and there should be subsidy on the electricity to the farmers .In fact the farmers are putting new and impractical demands and are thus lowering their prestige before the countrymen .It shows how shamelessly the farmers are putting new and ever new demands before the government which are impractical and un pragmatic and it is eroding the credibility of the farm community. Not only the credibility of the farmers is eroded because the political overtones and overtures of the farmers have become crystal clear and the farmers have been exposed and in this lies the defeat of the farmers .Thus the motives of the farmers are suspect and against this the sincerity of the prime minister is before the eyes of the countrymen and his stature in the eyes of the public has got a boost. Therefore if two boxes are kept one for the farmers and another for the prime minister and the people are asked to vote, the box of the prime minister will be full while the box of the farmers will remain empty and in this lies the sincerity and well intentions of the prime minister. In fact the farmers have exposed themselves and the people of the country will no longer take them as sincere in their agitation. The farmers movement has been hijacked by the cunning politicians for furtherance of their political agendas and political interests and it is no longer the farmers agitation .It is very unfortunate that Rakesh Takiet the farmers leaders has declared that the farmers will teach BJP a lesson as the upcoming elections to the five states are round the corner and the BJP has to heavily pay for it IN the elections. Therefore the ill intentions and the tricks of the farmers leaders are before the public gaze and the public is the best judge to decide the right and wrong .The putting of the new and new demands to the government will boomerang and the farmers will not be able to dent the image of the BJP in the elections in 2022 in the five states .The hypo racy of the farmers leaders will be exposed and the countrymen will not forgive the farmers any longer. It would have been in the interest of the farmers to have called off their agitation but for their adamant attitude, they as such have been exposed as the farmers leaders are politicizing the farmers agitation as it has not remained a pure farmers stir but is through and through a political movement in the guise of the farmers agitation .It is very unfortunate that Rakesh Tikait has declared that many more sacrifices will be given by the farmers in the days to come and he is in no mood to cancel the agitation but has declared to continue the stir in the so called interest of the farmers. He stands exposed before the public for his cunningness and exploitation of the farmers and misleading the farmers and the country for gaining some political points. In brief the shamelessness of the farmers' leaders has been exposed and they will have to paiy a heavy price for their cunningness and exploitation of the farmers. The farmers' leaders should see the writing on the wall and call off their strike in the interest of the innocent farmers and the nation.
