Repeal of farm laws: Ghazipur border erupts with joy and jalebis

Though elated after PM's announcement, farmers say agitation for MSP law to continue

At the Ghazipur border, the epicentre of the farmers’ protests, smiles have replaced angry faces and there are jalebis instead of banners in the hands of the people gathered there. It’s sweet victory for the farmers — and it has come after more than a year of agitation against the three controversial farm laws.

“Jalebi batt rahi hai; aaj Gurpurab hai,” says a beaming 63-year-old Gurpal Singh. “They (the central government) called us Khalistani, Pakistani, and Afghanistani, but today, by agreeing to repeal these draconian farm laws, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted that the laws which he used to