Sheopat Meghwal talks about farmer’s agitations in Rajasthan
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In India, Farmers Face a Terrifying Crisis – P. Sainath | The New York Times
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…
After Maharashtra, farmers of 4 more states on protests from 1 June – Livemint
Farmers in election-bound Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as those in Punjab and Haryana will join their counterparts in Maharashtra to launch a strike from 1 June. The Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, a farmers’ organization affiliated to the Communist…
Why Maharashtra farmers walked 170 km and how their strike played out
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…
All India Kisan Sabha announces another march of farmers on June 1 – The New Indian Express
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…
Kisan Sabha threatens statewide protest on June 1 | Times of India
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…
Maharashtra farmers set to launch fresh protests from 1 June – Livemint
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…
Maharashtra stares at second farmer’s strike as over 20 organisations threaten to join protest
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…
Kisan Sabha plans to launch another rally after govt’s inaction
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…
AIKS announces another march of farmers on June 1
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…