After the "successful long march" of farmers in Maharashtra, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) is now planning to hold a similar rally in the national capital to demand a special session of Parliament to discuss agrarian crisis. In a…
In a meeting of the central office-bearers of the AIKS in Delhi today, the farmers' organisation said such a move was necessary to make the government aware of the plights of the cultivators. After the "successful long march" of…
Farmers organised under the Gujarat Khedut Samaj began a four-day campaign to raise awareness among the project-affected farmers and residents. Source: Farmers In Central Gujarat Continue Protests Against Bullet Train Land Acquisition | NewsClick “Starting from Ahmedabad, we will…
When the farmers gathered at the CBS Chowk in Nashik on 6 March, no one knew what to expect. During the following week, 50,000 farmers marched towards Mumbai. It culminated in a written agreement by the CM and his council…
Buoyed by the success of the Long March in Maharashtra, the All India Kisan Sabha is planning yet another protest—’Jail Bharo’ programme against the BJP government on August 9. Subsequently, they are also planning to take out a Kisan rally…
Farmers in the state are gearing up to court arrests (Jail Bharo) on August 9 demanding the BJP-led NDA government to ‘Quit India’ for its anti-farmer policies. They are also planning to take out a Kisan Mazdoor Rally to Delhi…
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ashok Dhawale said here on Sunday the neoliberal policies of 1991 had such a devastating impact on agriculture that a staggering four lakh farmers had committed suicide in the last 25 years. Dig at…
At least 200 activists of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Surgana joined the CPI(M) mass organisation All India Kisan Sabha in support of the protest and agitation for farmers rights. They were welcomed with slogans of…
Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday termed the two-day-old farmer agitation a publicity stunt, prompting accusations of "insensitivity" and of "insulting" the farmers. "Any organisation will have 500, 1,000, 2,000 or 40,000 farmers, and they have to do…
Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday said some farmers have been staging protests just for the sake of media attention. Singh was quoted in ANI as saying, "It is natural that any farmers' organisation will have 1,000-2,000 farmers…