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The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has planned to motorboat a nationwide, multi-phase agitation against what it termed ‘anti-farmer policies’ of the NDA government.
Addressing the media successful Guntur connected Saturday, AIKS president Ashok Dhawale and wide caput Viju Krishnan said the organisation was preparing for a broad-based movement, successful coordination with farmers’ and workers’ unions.
A solution successful this respect was adopted astatine the AIKS National Council meetings held successful Guntur implicit the past 3 days. Mr. Dhawale alleged that the cultivation assemblage was facing a heavy situation owed to existent Central policies, and the conflict would beryllium intensified from the colony level to the nationalist level.
AIKS has a rank of astir 1.53 crore farmers and tenant farmers, they said, adding that cultivation labourers and workers from different sectors would besides beryllium mobilised.
Farmers and cultivation workers, helium said, would widen enactment to the nationwide wide onslaught called by commercialized unions connected February 12, opposing the replacement of labour laws with 4 Labour Codes.
Citing the NCRB data, Mr. Viju Krishnan claimed that astir 5 lakh farmers and migrant workers had died by termination successful the past 11 years, portion women, Adivasis and Dalits remained underrepresented successful authoritative records.
He accused the Centre of favouring firm indebtedness waivers portion denying workplace indebtedness relief, failing to honour promises made during the repeal of the 2020 workplace laws, and pushing powerfulness assemblage reforms, including astute meters, that load the poor. Protests, helium said, were already underway successful respective states.
AIKS State leaders, including V. Krishnayya and K. Prabhakar Reddy, were present.
