The Repeal: How the Laws Died

Kissan Andolan — The Complete Story · Part 9 of 12 · by Lovepreet Singh

After a full year of deadlock, the break did not come on a highway or in a negotiating room. It came at dawn, on a television screen, on a Sikh holy day — when one of the most powerful governments in India's modern history did something almost no one expected. It blinked.

In this part

• The morning that stunned India
• From words to law
• Why did he really do it? Two honest readings
• The 700: a death toll the government would not count
• What the farmers won
• What the farmers did not win
• Suspended, not ended: 9 December 2021
• Two ways to see the whole thing
• Where we go next

After a full year of deadlock, the break did not come on a highway or in a negotiating room. It came at dawn, on a television screen, on a Sikh holy day — when one of the most powerful governments in India's modern history did something almost no one expected. It blinked. 1 The morning that stunned India On the morning of 19 November 2021 — Guru Nanak Jayanti , the birthday of the founder of Sikhism — Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared in a surprise televised address and announced that the government would repeal all three farm laws . 1 1 PM Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm laws in a televised address on the morning of Guru Nanak Jayanti, 19 Nov 2021. Deccan Herald ; Outlook ; Business Standard . Key word: Guru Nanak Jayanti (Gurpurab) Guru Nanak Jayanti , also called Gurpurab, marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith — one of the holiest days i…

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