New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said the protesting farmers have succeeded in forcing an "obdurate" Prime Minister and his government to bend and accept their demand of repealing the "black laws".

Yechury said this at a press conference here, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre has decided to repeal the three agriculture laws, which the farmers have been protesting since November 26, 2020 under the leadership of Samyukta Kisam Morcha (SKM), terming it "anti-farmer'.

"This is a huge victory for farmers. It is also a victory for all people of the country, who are struggling to repeal other 'draconian' laws," he added.

Attacking the PM, the CPI (M) leader said, "Over 750 farmers have been martyred (farmers protests). The PM did not utter a single word of remorse or condolence that these lives were lost."

He demanded that justice should be delivered to people who lost their lives in the protests. Yechury also reiterated his demand to dismiss Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in UP.

On PM's announcement of formation of a Committee to make minimum support price (MSP) more effective and transparent and other issues, the CPI(M) leader said, "Now a Committee has been announced by the PM to examine this issue. This was the issue when the PM was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, 11 years ago. He had then written to the Centre that MSP should be a legal entitlement. There is no need for Committees. This means only for delaying and actually denying."

Yechury said the CPI (M) endorses the SKM’s approach that they will take a final call, only when all official procedures are completed in the matter of the repeal.

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