BJP leaders largely mum on PM’s move
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BJP leaders largely mum on PM’s move
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Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP leaders remained largely tight-lipped over the PM’s announcement to repeal the three controversial farm laws on Friday. Other than sharing the statements of Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda, most of the party leaders, MLAs or MPs refrained from expressing their own views/comments on social media.TOI called up party leaders, but they either didn’t respond or refused to comment on the subject. None of the BJP state leaders had an inkling of the PM’s move; they all learnt of it only when the announcement was made at 9 am from Delhi.Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Kailash Choudhary who has been leaving no stone unturned to count the benefits of farm laws, chose to get away from the media in Jodhpur by stating, “Modi ji’s move is in the interest of the nation and the farmers”. He had a busy day on twitter accusing the Gehlot government of poor power connections, greeting Union minister Kiren Rijiju on his birthday etc. When it comes to the major announcement on farm laws, he retweeted or forwarded the tweets of Modi, Shah, Nadda and the official Twitter account of BJP, but did not offer his comments. BJP state president Satish Poonia who was on the fore batting for the three farm laws did offer his comment in the form of one ambiguous tweet. Throughout the day he forwarded the tweets of his central leaders on the subject. He extensively travelled across the length and breadth of the state calling the farm laws ‘masterstroke by Modi’ ‘game changer for farmers’ or ‘doubling farmers income’ didn’t come up with his one-liners in support of the repeal. Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari makes five tweets related to the zero budget farming committee on MSP announced by Modi but had nothing to say on the repelling of the Act. Other leaders like leader of opposition Gulab Chand Kataria and deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Singh Rathore were largely silent. tnn
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The Times of India
Date
2021-11-20
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Jaipur