Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi-led
central
government's
decision
to
repeal
the
three
farm
laws
was
welcomed
by
various
cine
personalities
including
actors
Sonu
Sood,
Urmila
Matondkar,
Taapsee
Pannu
and
Richa
Chadha.
Thousands
of
farmers,
mainly
from
Punjab,
Haryana
and
UP,
who
have
protesting
for
over
a
year,
were
demanding
a
rollback
of
the
Farmers
Produce
Trade
and
Commerce
(Promotion
and
Facilitation)
Act,
2020,
the
Farmers
(Empowerment
and
Protection)
Agreement
on
Price
Assurance
and
Farm
Services
Act,
2020
and
the
Essential
Commodities
(Amendment)
Act,
2020.
Enacted
in
September
last
year,
the
three
farm
laws
have
been
projected
by
the
central
government
as
major
reforms
in
the
agriculture
sector
that
will
remove
the
middlemen
and
allow
farmers
to
sell
anywhere
in
the
country.
Modi,
on
the
occasion
of
Guru
Nanak
Jayanti,
said
the
three
farm
laws
will
be
repealed
in
the
coming
Winter
session
of
the
Parliament.
Addressing
the
nation,
he
said,
“Today
I
want
to
tell
everyone
that
we
have
decided
to
repeal
all
three
farm
laws.”
Soon
after
the
announcement,
various
film
celebrities
took
to
social
media
to
express
their
happiness
over
the
government's
decision
and
praised
farmers
for
their
perseverance.
Sood
termed
the
news
as
wonderful
and
not
only
thanked
Modi
but
farmers
also
for
holding
a
peaceful
protest.
“This
is
a
wonderful
news!
Thank
you,
@narendramodi
ji,
@PMOIndia,
for
taking
back
the
farm
laws.
Thank
you,
farmers,
for
raising
just
demands
through
peaceful
protests.
Hope
you
will
happily
return
to
be
with
your
families
on
the
Parkash
Purab
of
Sri
Guru
Nanak
Dev
Ji
today,”
he
said
in
a
tweet.
Sharing
a
photo
of
farmers,
actor-politician
Matondkar
expressed
her
joy
over
the
decision.
“Victory
requires
passion,
who
needs
blood
that
boils,
this
sky
will
also
come
on
the
ground,
only
intentions
are
needed
that
echo
of
victory.
#Kisaanandolaan
Zindabad.
Happy
for
my
farmer
brothers
and
sisters.
Salute
to
the
martyr
farmers
#Jaikisaan
always
always,”
she
wrote.
Chadha,
34,
posted
a
photo
of
her
wearing
a
T-shirt
which
has
a
farmer
on
it
and
said
it
will
be
her
outfit
of
the
day.
“Sarbat
da
bhala!
#OOTD,”
she
said.
Pannu
shared
a
news
clip,
which
stated,
'PM
says
3
farm
laws
to
be
withdrawn’
and
captioned
it:
“Also…..
Gurpurab
diyaan
sab
nu
vadhaiyaan.”
Actor
Gul
Panag
said
it
was
a
lesson
for
the
future
governments
to
engage
with
all
the
stake
holders
when
bringing
about
reform.
“I
wish
we
didn’t
have
to
let
the
impasse
last
this
long,
cause
so
many
lives
to
be
lost.
And
demonise,
debase,
delegitimise
the
Farm
Protest
and
the
protestors.
#Farmlawsrepealed,”
she
wrote.
“Let
this
be
a
lesson
for
future
Governments
to
find
the
means
&
the
will,
to
engage
with
all
stake
holders
when
bringing
about
reform.
And
also
a
lesson
for
law
makers
-that
legislative
procedure
can’t
be
circumvented
by
passing
laws
in
minutes,
without
discussion
&
debate,”
she
added.
She
also
expressed
her
anguish
over
how
farmers
were
called
hooligans,
anti-nationals,
terrorists,
saying
this
will
not
be
forgotten
and
forgiven.
Dia
Mirza
tweeted,
“Jai
Kisaan
#GuruPurab.”
The
protesting
farmers
had
expressed
apprehension
that
the
new
laws
would
pave
the
way
for
eliminating
the
safety
cushion
of
Minimum
Support
Price
(MSP)
and
do
away
with
the
mandi
system,
leaving
them
at
the
mercy
of
big
corporates.
In
the
past,
many
celebrities
such
as
Pannu,
Chadha,
Priyanka
Chopra
Jonas,
Sonam
Kapoor
Ahuja,
Preity
Zinta,
Swara
Bhasker,
Diljit
Dosanjh,
Reitesh
Deshmukh,
director
Hansal
Mehta,
Harbhajan
Mann,
Jasbir
Jassi,
among
others
had
extended
their
support
to
the
protesting
farmers,
via
social
media.
Many
Punjabi
singers
and
actors
including
Mann,
Kanwar
Grewal,
Harf
Cheema,
Babbu
Maan,
Jass
Bajwa,
Himmat
Sandu,
R
Nait,
Anmol
Gagan,
composed
songs
hailing
the
fighting
spirit
of
the
farmers.