Section 144 of the IPC, prohibiting an assembly of more than four people in an area, was imposed in Sikar district on the morning of 1st March. The district witnessed a massive farmers’ resistance movement last September, which was followed…
After being stopped from entering Jaipur to register their protests against the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP regime, Rajasthan Kisan Sabha has decided to give the government a taste of its own medicine. The farmers, who had decided to lay siege around…
Amidst backlash in the cattle based trade and economy across the country, the BJP-led Centre is forced to make significant changes in the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017. According to an Indian Express report…
Former MLAs Amra Ram, Pema Ram and farmer leader Charan Choudhury said chief minister Vasundhara Raje and her ministers would be barred by farmers from entering villages. This will be done to show political leaders that if ordinary farmers cannot…
Comrade Pema Ram, President, AIKS Rajasthan, speaks on the Kisan Sabha's ongoing massive protest in the state. Police had arrested hundreds of Kisan Sabha leaders and activists on 21st and 22nd Feb, they were on their way to Jaipur to…
Sikar town, the epicentre of the farmers’ stir led by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) continued to witness their dharna at Ramu Ka Was for the second day on Friday as their attempt to reach Jaipur was foiled by the…
All India Kisan Sabha national treasurer P. Krishnaprasad who is also the chairman of Brahmagiri Development Society, the nodal agency for the ‘Kerala Chicken’ project told DC that it is time farmers and traders should unite against such global invasions…
Backtracking on earlier assurances of complete loan waivers, the ones announced are only on short-term loans taken by small and marginal farmers from cooperative banks. Source: Rajasthan Farmers Protest Against Raje's Half-Hearted Attempts at Loan Waiver - The Wire
The Rajasthan Kisan struggle led by the AIKS is being further intensified from today, February 23. Yesterday, after addressing the enthusiastic meeting of peasants who had reached Jaipur despite the draconian repression of the BJP state government, AIKS President Dr…
Off a tolled highway in Rajasthan’s Sikar district, Tulcha Ram, a brawny 50-year old, offers a guided tour of his resplendent farm – one that may not remain his for long. “Those are khejri trees,” he says, pointing to an…