Repeal of farm laws: Political parties rearrange chess pieces in UP, Punjab

Farm laws' repeal reopens the door for BJP in Western UP

Political parties, including the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have begun revising their electoral strategies for the upcoming Assembly polls, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that the three farm laws that has drawn strong protests in western UP, Haryana, and Punjab, would be repealed.

There is no clarity on what prompted the PM to withdraw laws that the government had strained every sinew to justify as progressive. But the fact that the repeal came days after an exhaustive session of the party’s national executive where strategies for the state polls were discussed and the