Top News Of The Day: PM Takes Back 3 Controversial Farm Laws

The three controversial farm laws at the heart of massive farmer protests across the country for over a year will be withdrawn, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today in a stunning announcement just months before elections in states like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that the contentious farm laws will be withdrawn. The announcement came just months ahead of the elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. While the opposition is alleging the move is the result of the farmer protests dampening BJP's prospects in these states, several BJP leaders, who earlier slammed the protestors, are all praise for PM Modi's announcement today; Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu broke down on live television on Friday at a press conference he held shortly after staging a walkout of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. He referred to what he said were harsh and derogatory verbal attacks on his wife, Bhuvaneswari and other top stories of the day.