Nov 19, 2021
On Gurpurab, PM Narendra Modi announced his govt will repeal the 3 contentious farm laws.
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Soon after, celebrations broke out at all protest sites of farmers along Delhi's borders.(
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At Singhu border, site of of one the largest protests, farmers celebrated on their tractors.
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At the Ghazipur border, protesters fed each other jalebis and posed for happy pictures.
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Activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), the umbrella body of farmer unions, performed a havan.
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In Amritsar, Sikh farmers shouted slogans and flashed the victory sign for the cameras.
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In Patna, activists of the RJD, which has been backing the protests, brought out celebratory drums.
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In Kolkata, workers of the INTUC & Seva Dal brought out gulaal soon after the announcement.
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In most places the celebrations were tentative; for the 3 laws are yet to be formally repealed.
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And, after all that they went through over the past one year, the farmers have reasons to be circumspect.
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