Rahul Gandhi's old tweet goes viral: 'Mark my words, govt will take back anti-farm laws'

New Delhi, Nov 19: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the country's 'annadatas' have made "arrogance bow its head" through 'satyagraha' as he talked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement about the government's decision to repeal the three farm laws, as a "victory against injustice".

His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation this morning, announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.

"The country's farmers have defeated arrogance with their satyagraha. Jai Hindi, Jai Hindi's farmers," Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, along with an old tweet from January 14th this year where he said, "Mark my words, the government will have to take back the anti-farm laws."

"Congratulations on this victory against injustice!" the former Congress chief said. "'Jai Hind, Jai Hind ka Kisan'," he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year, and appealed to the protesting farmers to return home.

Many farmers had been protesting and were encamped at Delhi's borders since November 2020 with a demand that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee MSP for crops.

The Centre, which has held 11 rounds of formal dialogue with the farmers, had maintained that the new laws are pro-farmer, while protesters claimed they would be left at the mercy of corporations because of the legislations.