All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)

The All India Kisan Sabha (Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha) (AIKS), or All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), is the peasants front of Communist Party of India (Marxist), and works for farmers rights and anti-feudal movement in India,[1]

AIKS demonstrator in Delhi

It is sometimes referred to as All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), to distinguish it from the AIKS of Communist Party of India - the AIKS (Ajoy Bhavan). All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane) was previously known as All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road). Both the Kisan federations are derived from the All India Kisan Sabha started by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936.

Organisation

The address of AIKS is 36, Canning Lane, New Delhi.

Membership development chart

This chart uses the Indian numeral system

State/Union territory 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999–2000
Andhra Pradesh 2,11,465 1,37,100 2,25,137 2,25,234 1,00,808 2,15,933 1,00,000
Assam 1,44,538 1,59,723 1,01,324 1,44,545 1,18,611 1,61,277 1,44,588
Bihar 2,10,000 2,30,100 1,52,000 2,00,000 2,04,000 2,17,000 1,84,000
Gujarat 13,000 9,140 11,500 6,000 6,000 8,400 10,440
Haryana 14,500 12,500 12,300 13,000 15,000 14,100 16,150
Himachal Pradesh 5,200 5,000 6,000 7,000 13,000 12,780 10,000
Jammu and Kashmir 4,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 4,000 7,000
Karnataka 52,000 75,000 89,633 92,568 67,160 73,515 70,775
Kerala 10,05,760 12,26,488 11,91,666 13,23,562 13,33,620 17,66,606 19,45,366
Madhya Pradesh 19,000 19,252 36,012 37,482 48,965 37,534 50,411
Maharashtra 69,800 70,000 85,343 92,273 90,371 92,340 1,21,807
Manipur 5,740 4,100 4,720 5,140 4,700 4,960 -
Odisha 22,000 18,349 26,392 21,700 22,000 31,364 30,000
Punjab 80,000 1,05,600 1,30,120 90,000 1,02,000 1,06,000 1,20,000
Rajasthan 32,432 71,659 36,000 54,040 55,893 59,496 50,950
Sikkim 500 1,600 2,000 - 1,600 - -
Tamil Nadu 2,50,000 2,50,000 2,46,289 3,00,000 2,71,355 3,00,000 4,01,029
Tripura K.S. 1,01,000 1,11,920 1,26,500 2,12,000 (KS+GMP) 1,21,500 1,38,000 1,35,650
Tripura G.M.P 52,000 60,000 85,000 see above 92,000 92,000 70,000
Uttar Pradesh 89,655 1,28,450 1,26,000 1,60,000 1,15,844 1,37,499 1,15,084
West Bengal 99,54,652 1,05,38,499 1,11,06,406 1,14,59,519 1,00,55,121 1,12,18,075 1,10,11,153
Total: 1,23,37,742 1,32,39,480 1,36,25,726 1,44,49,063 1,28,45,248 1,46,90,879 1,45,94,403

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Activities

Protest against three Agri-bills

AIKS led nation wide protests against Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

  • 26 January 2021: AIKS organzied tractor rally in national capital.[4][5]
  • 25 January 2021: 50,000 farmers from various regions of Maharashtra marched towards the Raj Bhavan and submitted its charter of demands to Governor Bhagat Singh Kosyari.[6]
  • 24 January 2021: 20,000 farmers’ vehicle march from Golfclub Maidan in Nashik to Mumbai, Maharashtra.[7]

Further reading
  • A History of the All India Kisan Sabha, by Md. Abdullah Rasul. Published by National Book Agency, 1974.
  • All India Kisan Sabha (2 Volumes), by O P Ralhan (ed.). Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. 1998. ISBN 978-81-7488-403-9.
  • The Constitution of All India Kisan Sabha Encyclopaedia of Political Parties, by O. P. Ralhan, Published by Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. ISBN 81-7488-865-9. Page 1-10.

References
  1. AP agri body seeks aid to tenant farmers Archived 24 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu, 14 November 2008.
  2. People's Democracy, 15 October 2017.
  3. Communist Party of India (Marxist). Review of the Work on Kisan and Agricultural Workers Fronts and Future Tasks
  4. "Farmers, Delhi Police gear up for Republic Day tractor rally; unions announce Parliament march on 1 Feb - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. Agencies (24 January 2021). "Delhi Police flags threat to farmers' tractor rally on January 26". Business Standard India. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. "Farm Laws: 50,000 Maharashtra farmers will march towards Raj Bhavan on Monday". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. "AIKS organizes 20,000-strong vehicle March from Nashik to Mumbai". The Siasat Daily. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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