Turban Naxals
To roll back or not to roll back! This is the question that could be occupying uppermost mind space of the Union government now. It concerns the three new controversial farming related laws. The Modi government needs to address this imbroglio without any further delay. Time is running out. Unlike the Supreme Court which can afford to bide time to take a decision, a democratically elected government does not enjoy that luxury. The farmers’ agitation against the legislations has engulfed the executive, the judiciary, the Opposition and the corporate world while getting international traction. The big private houses that incurred the wrath of the farmers having been perceived to be the main beneficiaries of the new laws, have become unnerved. One of them has launched a media propaganda blitzkrieg through advertisements to counter the farmers’ charge against it. Another has begun an almost internecine war in the corporate world accusing its rivals of colluding with the agitating farmers who have given a call to boycott its telecom services, as it is also an agriculture market leader. This has started to hit the company’s telephony business with over 400 million subscribers. The rivals, of course, denied the charge and claimed they have been in the telecom business for the past 25 years and captured the market through hard work.