The Opposition Congress, in its manifesto released on Tuesday, said they would “repeal all unjust laws and other anti-people laws passed by the BJP government within one year of coming to power.”
This comes in the backdrop of opposition from several civil society groups, apart from farmers and worker unions, to five laws: stringent “cow slaughter ban” law, “anti-conversion” law, amendments that effectively deregulated APMC markets, diluting land reforms to liberalise the ownership of agriculture land, and increasing the working hours from 8 to 12 on factory floors. All these were passed by the incumbent BJP government.
Despite demands to repeal them, the BJP government did not budge, prompting civil society, farmers, and worker unions to adopt resolutions to “defeat BJP”. They have demanded the opposition to commit to repeal these laws if they came to power.
