Milk producing farmers are going to distribute milk free of cost at district and taluka centres for seven days from May 3, to protest the state's failure to intervene in falling milk procurement prices. Ajit Navale, farmer leader associated with…
On March 6, about 40,000 subsistence farmers and landless peasants, many from impoverished indigenous tribes, marched to Mumbai from Nashik, a city 112 miles northeast of India’s commercial capital. The sea of humanity flooding the highway to Mumbai captured national…
In the hilly terrain at the northern tip of Western Ghats, bordering Maharashtra and Gujarat, lies Surgana, an erstwhile princely state ruled by tribal chieftains of the Mahadev Koli tribe. Surgana joined the instrument of accession to be part of…
Accusing the BJP-led Maharashtra government of not keeping the promises it had made to farmers last month, the Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) today announced to organise another protest march on June 1. The AIKS had led the Long…
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has threatened to conduct a statewide farmers’ march on June 1, similar to the one it had held in February, to protest against the government’s “indifference” towards the promises made to farmers. More than…
The Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, a farmers’ organization affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPM, will launch yet another protest on farm issues from 1 June to mark the first anniversary of the Maharashtra farmer protests. The…
Close on the heels of the anniversary of the 2017 farmers’ strike, the state seems to be heading towards another agitation as over 20 farmers’ organisations announced on Wednesday that they intend to join the June 1 protest. The development…
Over 30,000 farmers were on streets in March to protest against government’s ignorance towards them; Ajit Nawale (inset) at a Kisan Sabha meeting; PIC: NIKHIL GHORPADE Members of the Kisan Sabha have alleged that despite giving assurances, the government…
Accusing the BJP-led Maharashtra government of not keeping the promises it had made to farmers last month, the Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) today announced to organise another protest march on June 1. The AIKS had led the Long…
The Left-affiliated All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Tuesday said on Monday that it would stage a demonstration on June 1 to compel the State government to fulfil promises made to farmers. Members of the AIKS will government offices across…