Madani said the decision to withdraw agricultural laws has shown that democracy and the power of the people are paramount.
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- “The decision to withdraw agricultural laws has shown that democracy and people’s power are paramount”: Madani
- Madani demanded that the CAA should also be withdrawn like agricultural laws.
- After the CAA was passed by the Parliament, widespread protests were witnessed in different parts of the country.
Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, on Saturday, while welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to withdraw three agricultural laws, also demanded the withdrawal of the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019) law.
Madani said the decision to withdraw agricultural laws has shown that democracy and the power of the people are paramount.
Madani alleged that every effort was made to suppress the peasant movement as was done in all other movements of the country. In a statement issued by the Jamiat-led faction, he said that conspiracies were hatched to divide the farmers, but they kept on making all kinds of sacrifices and stuck to their stand.
Madani claimed that the agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act encouraged farmers to oppose agricultural laws. Madani also demanded that CAA should be withdrawn like agricultural laws.
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