India’s Modi Pledges to Repeal Controversial Farm Laws

India’s Modi Pledges to Repeal Controversial Farm Laws
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses a public meeting ahead of Assam Assembly elections, in Bokakhat, India, on March 21, 2021. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized to people over three controversial farm laws that have sparked a year-long protest by farmers, pledging that the government would abolish the laws during the next session of Parliament.

The government has failed to convince farmers to accept the farm laws, Modi said in his nationally-televised address on Nov. 19.

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