‘Opposition will coalesce on farmers’ issues’ – Business Line
Opposition parties see the prevalent farmer distress as the BJP’s Achilles’ heel, and plan to use the issue to unite ahead of the 2019 general elections. After farmers across Maharashtra took part in a march to Mumbai in March this…
Waiver an eyewash, farm loan disbursal still dismal
The discontent in the agriculture sector is set to deepen in the state. Nationalised, cooperative and private banks have met only 26 per cent of their crop loan target of Rs 43,342 crore as on June 25 of this kharif…
Trade union, farmer organisations to conduct long march in Delhi on September 5- The New Indian Express
To continue its struggle against the BJP government's neo-liberal policies and misrule, a group of trade unions and farmers organisations have decided to conduct a worker-peasant rally and a long march in Delhi on the lines of one organised…
Farmers, workers to hold rally against Centre on Sep 5 in Delhi: AIKS | Business Standard
For the first time since Independence, lakhs of farmers and workers would hold a rally in Delhi in September against the "anti-people" policies of the NDA government at the Centre, the All India Kisan Sabha said today. The farmers' organisation…
Kisan Sabha’s ‘jail bharo’ on August 9 | Deccan Herald
Intensifying its fight against the Modi government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Left-affiliated Kisan Sabha plans to replicate Maharashtra's long march across the country through a 'Jail Bharo' agitation on the Quit India anniversary. Source: Kisan Sabha's…
To Change Policies, Advance Mass Struggles to Change the Government
Press Note issued in Press Conference held in New Delhi on 29th June 2018 Massive Jail Bharo struggle on 9th August 2019 - Quit India Day All India Kisan Sabha has given a call for a Massive Jail Bharo struggle…
Narendra Modi to meet sugarcane farmers at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg tomorrow – Firstpost
The move comes amid various farmers' movements being held across the nation, and especially the long-standing problems of non-payment of dues by sugar mills to the sugarcane farmers, and high power tariffs. Recently, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) announced…
Cane growers protest outside minister’s office
Sugarcane growers staged a demonstration under the banner of the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) outside the office of Minister of State for Cooperatives Manish Grover here on Wednesday. The protesting farmers, led by AIKS local unit president Preet Singh and…
Kisan March 2.0? After success in Maharashtra, farmers plan long march in Delhi
After the "successful long march" of farmers in Maharashtra, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) is now planning to hold a similar rally in the national capital to demand a special session of Parliament to discuss agrarian crisis. In a…