Several leaders of the All India Kisan Sabha, including three former MLAs, were arrested on Tuesday in a pre-emptive move by the state police on farmers’ proposed ‘Mahapadav’ in front of the assembly on February 22 to demand a complete…
Several leaders of the All India Kisan Sabha, including three former MLAs, were arrested on Tuesday in a pre-emptive move by the state police on farmers’ proposed ‘Mahapadav’ in front of the assembly on February 22 to demand a complete…
https://youtu.be/WaSZ-JGYv38 The farmers of Rajasthan, under the leadership of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), had staged a historical protest in Sikar district in September 2017. The farmers had put forth 12 major demands, to which the government had agreed…
Despite a section of farmers welcoming Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's budget proposal to waive off farmers' loans, remaining or overdue up to Rs 50,000 in hands of cooperative banks, political opponents are threatening to revive agitation demanding loan waiver on…
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Tuesday announced its plan to lay an indefinite siege to the Assembly from February 22 during the ongoing budget session and has sent the first batch of farmers from Jhunjhunu to Jaipur. The…
The government has been aiming to replace the system of provision of subsidised grain under the public distribution system with a system of cash transfers. This is being done ostensibly to get rid of leakages of grain from the public…
AIKS Joint Secretary Vijoo Krishnan writes "The promises in the Budget speech reminds of an anecdote narrated by a veteran Kisan leader to expose the betrayal of promises by the Government. The anecdote has it that the masses were demanding…
Sitapur, Feb 9 (UNI) Kisan Sabha, a left party organisation, on Friday handed over a cheque of Rs one lakh to widow Gyani Devi, whose husband Gyanchand was crushed to death when the bank tried to seize his tractor for…
Calling his announcement as an implausible tale from The Arabian Nights, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)—the farmers’ body of the CPM said the farm sector announcements in the Budget looked more of a fantasy rather than the ground reality.…
“AIKS said the government is trying to hoodwink farmers by claiming that MSPs have already been increased according to recommendations of National Commission of Farmers for the Rabi season. According to those recommendations, MSP should be at least 50% above…
