5 years after retreat on farm laws, Modi govt bends to a street protest: Why CJP succeeded, why Shaheen Bagh could not
The acts were off the books by early December, weeks ahead of assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. That was halted by authorities for the time being. But, on Saturday morning, the Bhartiya Kissan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), one of the chief organisers of the 2020-21 protest from Punjab, announced it would go to Jantar Mantar.
- ▪The acts were off the books by early December, weeks ahead of assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
- ▪That was halted by authorities for the time being.
- ▪But, on Saturday morning, the Bhartiya Kissan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), one of the chief organisers of the 2020-21 protest from Punjab, announced it would go to Jantar Mantar.
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HomeNext5 years after retreat on farm laws, Modi govt bends to a street protest: Why CJP succeeded, why Shaheen Bagh could notDharmendra Pradhan's resignation goes further than earlier retreats; it breaks with a doctrine PM Modi's govt has held to for nearly all of its 12 yrs in powerUpdated on: Jul 25, 2026, 17:50:53 ISTBy Aarish ChhabraPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link Five years after farmers camping on Delhi's borders forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi into the biggest policy retreat of his tenure, the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday marks only the second time sustained street pressure — this time by Gen-Z and others galvanised by the Cockroach Janta Party phenomenon — has made the Modi regime visibly reverse course.
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