In order to stop the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)-led's second Kisan Long March to Mumbai against the betrayal of farmers by the BJP's central and state governments, the government has taken recourse to repression. This Long March, which…
On November 14, 2018, the AIKS Nashik district council led a massive 25,000-strong districtwide peasant rally to the Nashik district collectorate to demand urgent measures for drought relief and the implementation of the written assurances given by the chief minister…
Over 5,000 peasants from 23 districts of Maharashtra participated in the statewide Farmers’ Rights Convention organised by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Maharashtra state council at the prestigious Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium, a stone’s throw away from the state assembly…
Tribal farmers called off their protest Thursday after the Maharashtra government agreed to fulfil their various demands, including transfer of land rights, marking the end of second mega agitation in Mumbai by cultivators in eight months. A delegation of protesting…
The state workshop of the Maharashtra Rajya Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was held on October 22-23 at Kolhapur in Western Maharashtra amidst great enthusiasm. After the flag-hoisting by former AIKS state president J P Gavit, MLA, floral tributes were paid to…
From October 10, 2018, over 30,000 Adivasi peasants, workers, women, youth and students from seven tribal tehsils of Thane-Palghar district marched to their respective tehsil headquarters with a resolve not to leave the tehsil office until their just demands were…
Over 30,000 people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], on Wednesday laid siege to government offices in seven tehsils of Thane-Palghar districts of Maharashtra over a set of demands including the scrapping of the Mumbai-…
The Mahapadav (Sit-in) struggle by over 30,000 people led by the CPI(M) in six of the seven tehsil centres - Shahapur, Wada, Palghar, Vikramgad, Jawhar, Dahanu and Talasari - of Thane-Palghar districts in Maharashtra entered its second day today. Leaders,…
The BJP state government was forced to bend before the AIKS struggle in Solapur yesterday and it gave October 24 as the date on which half a dozen concerned Ministers and other officials will hold talks with the AIKS at…
June 1, 2018 marked the first anniversary of the beginning of the historic united farmers’ strike in Maharashtra, which lasted for 11 days. The AIKS played a key role in the strike. This strike forced the unwilling BJP-led state government…