Chandigarh [India], January 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday extended its support to the demand of postponing the assembly polls in Punjab to be held on February 14 in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti, which will be celebrated on February 16.

Lucknow Nov 19 PTIUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday welcomed the repeal of the three farm laws and expressed regret farmers could not be convinced despite governments best efforts The government tried to have a dialogue with farmers at every level But maybe because of some deficiency on our part we failed to explain our point to the people Adityanath saidI sincerely welcome the withdrawal of three agricultural laws by the Prime Minister on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government he said The CM called the withdrawal of the bills a historic gesture and congratulated the Prime Minister for making the decision Today on Gurupurb the Prime Minister has done the historic work by using this language of dialogue in a democracy and withdrawing the three agricultural laws he said He said though the bills got support from a large section of farmers a minority that could not be convinced managed to stall it Although from the very beginning there was a large community which believed that such laws can play an important role in increasing the income of the farmers some farmers organisations had come out against it and despite our efforts took the path of agitation he said The CM welcomed the decision also to set up a committee regarding the minimum support price PTI SAB VN VN