After the massive farmer’s agitation in March, another protest is slated to take place on May 14 when lakhs of farmers will undertake a ‘Jail Bharo andolan’ to protest against the state government. Approximately 25 farmer organisations, who have now…
Farmers in Maharashtra will court arrests on May 14 to protest the state government's "failure" to keep various welfare assurances it had given to them earlier. Leaders of farmers and various political fronts said they are planning the 'Jail Bharo'…
On May 3, 2018, around 35,000 Adivasi peasant women and men, under the banner of the CPI(M) and the AIKS, held a massive rally at Dahanu in Palghar district. They came in their thousands from all the seven tehsils of…
Farmer organisations in Maharashtra have called a ‘jail bharo’ andolan (agitation) on May 14, the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, across the state, demanding a complete waiver of loan and electricity bills, scrapping of the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway and refinery…
For someone from a family of doctors, grass-roots activism for peasants was once a world away for Ashok Dhawale, president of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) which spearheaded the Kisan Long March in Maharashtra this year. But it was…
Upset by loss of livelihoods, unfulfilled promises Mumbai: The 1.5 kilometres from Sagar Naka to Paar Naka in Dahanu was a river of red on Thursday. More than 50,000 farmers from over 60 villages in the Thane-Palghar district in red…
Tribal Adivasi farmers in Maharashtra's Dahanu, backed by the Left affiliated All India Kisan Sabha, protested against land acquisition for the bullet train project and the Mumbai-Vadodara super highway alleging that they are being forced to give up their land…
Highlighting the plight of the farming community, more than 50,000 farmers and villagers of Palghar district gathered at Dahanu and took out a rally to protest against the forceful land acquisition for various projects, mainly Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor (MAHSRC).…
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Thane-Palghar District Council Dahanu, 3rd May 2018 As you know, the AIKS had organised a historic Kisan Long March from March 6 to 12 on the burning issues of farmers. Over 50,000 farmers from all…