A thread on opposition's u-turn on the agriculture bills.

1. Parkash Singh Badal
Before Shiromani Akali Dal broke off a 22 year long alliance with NDA over #FarmBills2020, party patron Parkash Singh Badal defended the same bills just a few weeks ago.
2. Sukhbir Singh Badal

Farm ordinances were vociferously endorsed by him back in June. He also called out Congress CM Capt. Amarinder Singh's duplicity on them. But suddenly Sukhbir Singh Badla backtracked on his stand & started opposing the #FarmBills2020 now. What changed?
3. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Just 10 days before resigning from Union Cabinet, Harsimrat Kaur was reassuring farmers on MSP, the benefits of the #FarmBills2020 & taking shots at Congress CM Capt. Amarinder Singh for misleading the poor farmers!
4. Sharad Pawar

In a 2005 interview Sharad Pawar, UPA's agriculture minister can be seen speaking with eloquence about the abolition of APMC & benefits of private players in agriculture. Now he's opposing the same #FarmBills2020, even going to the extents of fasting in protest.
5. Congress Party

"Is the opposition with the farmers or with the middlemen?" Congress' Kapil Sibal advocated elimination of middlemen from agriculture with this statement. #FarmersBill are achieving exactly the same, but Congress calls it as the 'death warrants' of farmers now.
6. Rahul Gandhi

In an interview Rahul baba can be seen nearly boasting about delisting fruits & vegetables. He also talks about making agricultural produce barrier-free. Now when the #FarmBills2020 are doing the exactly same, Rahul sees it as a dagger through farmers' hearts!

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