Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
भारतीय किसान संघ | |
Abbreviation | BKS |
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Motto | "Service, safety, and culture" |
Formation | 4 March 1979 |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Region served | India |
Official language | Hindi |
Head | Prabhakar Kelkar |
Affiliations | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
Website | bharatiyakisansangh.org |
The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) (translation: Indian Farmers' Union) is an Indian farmers' representative organisation affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,[1] and a member of the Sangh Parivar.[2] It has units in all states of India, with nearly 20,000,000 members.[3] On March 2005, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh urged the Government of India to set up a $20-billion fund for the development of agriculture infrastructure in the nation.[4] In 2007, the BKS showed resentment with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat. Dissatisfied with the prevailing cotton prices, it set to lead a farmers' agitation in Saurashtra.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Bharatiya Kisan Sangh unhappy with BJP over cotton support prices". Expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ↑ S. P. Udayakumar (2005). Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 3. ISBN 0-275-97209-7.
- ↑ India Today. July 2008. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "Bharatiya Kisan Sangh seeks $20-b fund for agri infrastructure". Business Line. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
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