Eight months after the farmers vacated their protest sites near Delhi's borders, they returned to the national capital last Monday to remind the government of its promises.
Interestingly, the SC-appointed panel was not in favour of a total repeal of the three controversial farm laws and instead had suggested leaving procurement of crops at a specified price to the states and scrapping of the Essential Commodities Act.
Ahead of 2022 Punjab polls, induction of Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal leaders into Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday is part of BJP s strategy to get back on its feet in the border state after the hostility it faced due to the Central farm laws, sources said. Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Induction of Congress, Akali Dal Leaders Part of BJP s Strategy to Gain Lost Ground.