New Delhi, December 13, 2021 (PPI-OT):Jamaat-e-Islami India Vice President Prof. Salim Engineer has said that the farmers have not withdrawn their agitation but merely suspended it “as they do not have confidence and trust in the Modi government.

The JI India Vice President in a statement issued in New Delhi said, “This loss of confidence and trust is quite concerning and is a result of the past policies and experience with the government.” In a vibrant democracy, he added, the opinion of people must be valued and no decision by the government should be declared as irrevocable, which is in direct contrast to authoritarianism.

He pointed out that the government was compelled to value the opinion of people. “However, it is important to decipher if the decision by the government to roll back the unjust farm laws was due to electoral compulsions or guided by the democratic and constitutional spirit.”

He said the decision should have been taken much earlier by the government if it had valued the interests of the farmers at heart. “Such a belated decision to repeal farm laws appears to have been forced on the government as it saw possible defeat in forthcoming assembly elections. Hence, the decision of the government does not gain back the confidence of farmers.”

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