and they would lose money and effectively would lose theirjobs. there was a very powerful economic argument from the government that farmers didn t buy and in the end it is quite astonishing that you ve got the government saying, we are planning to repeal them. with; the government saying, we are planning to repeal them. why have they decided planning to repeal them. why have they decided to planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal them - planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal them now? | they decided to repeal them now? that s a good question. i was surprised, i ve covered narendra modi for the last few years. he is not a politician that makes policy reversals, he s not somebody who backs down with his opponents. but i think we talked about the economics, a lot of politics comes into this decision. we ve got key elections coming up in neighbouring states to delhi of uttar pradesh and punjab