Reacting to the Centre’s decision to roll back the three farm laws, Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien said that it was a “loss for arrogance”. “Arrogance loses. From hubris to on your knees,” tweeted O’Brien.

O’Brien went on to retweet a video from September 2020, in which he alleged that farm laws were pushed through without discussion. The shot the selfie video in the Central Hall of the Parliament. “In the worst sense of the word. They cut RSTV feed so the country couldn’t see. They censored RSTV. Don’t spread propaganda. We have evidence,” the old post reads.

O’Brien also retweeted TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, where he says: “Their long and arduous struggle, their grit and determination against all adversities has shown @BJP4India their true place.”

Parliament passed the three farm laws in September last year. They had first come in the month of June as the three Ordinances before being approved by Parliament during the Monsoon Session by a voice vote.

These laws are — The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.