Jamaat of Andolanjeevis On 8 February 2021, speaking in the Rajya Sabha PM Modi appealed to the farmers to end their protest and discuss their demands with the government. He assured MSP was always there, and would always be there. He said, that promises made on the floor of Parliament should be taken as solemn (at face value).The country needed to be protected against ‘andolanjeevi’ or those who survive on protests. “We are all familiar with buddhijivis (intellectuals) and shramjivis but now, a new category of andolanjeevis has come to the fore who feed off protests. They jump into all sorts of protests, whether it is by lawyers or students or workers. Sometimes they can be spotted while on other occasions, they stay in the background. They are like parasites who feed off protests,” Modi said.Crowds do not repeal laws Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, assigned the responsibility to hold talks with farmers, held several rounds of talks and repeated that the three farm laws would not be repealed but the government was ready to discuss other options. On February 21, Tomar said at Gwalior, “The Government has been very sensitive and held 12 rounds of talks with farmers. But talks can lead to solution only if you can explain your objection to the laws. Laws cannot be repealed by demanding them to be repealed and by gathering crowds. It does not work that way.”
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