Tag: AIKS

AIKS on Narendra Modi’s Gov. to exempt all cotton imports

The Centre termed this decision as a necessity to help the textile industry cope with the raw material shortages. The Finance Ministry says that the scrapping of import duties was necessitated due to below-expected yields in the country and surge in domestic cotton prices.

April 16, 2022

Rally set benchmark in worker-peasant unity: CPI-M

The CPI-M mouthpiece People’s Democracy, in an editorial, said the rally was also a “concrete manifestation of the worker-peasant alliance” that is beginning to take shape.

September 7, 2018

Maharashtra: 30,000 farmers march toward Mumbai to protest outside Vidhan Sabha

A Left-backed protest march by 30,000 farmers against the alleged failure of the BJP-led government to address agrarian distress reached Bhiwandi on Saturday. The farmers are all set to press for their various demands, including a complete loan-waiver. The march led by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) began on Tuesday from Nashik and it will...

March 10, 2018

Protesting Maharashtra farmers caned on I-Day

Maharashtra farmers protesting against the non-implementation of the farm loans waiver package were caned on Tuesday in some parts of the state. Many others were arrested, a farmer leader said. All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Joint Secretary Ashok Dhawale said hundreds of farmers who were protesting peacefully in Ahmednagar, Nashik and Parbhani, raising slogans like...

August 15, 2017