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<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Indian web television channel}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox television channel<br /> | name = News India<br /> | launch_date = {{Launch date and age|df=y|2021|10|15}}<br /> | logo = [[File:News India logo.jpg|thumb|News India]]<br /> | owner = Digi Talk media <br /> | headquarters = [[Indore]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | language = [[Hindi]]<br /> | website = {{URL|http://www.newsindia.in.net}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''News India''' ( Hindi = न्यूज इंडिया ) is an Indian [[web channel]] launched on 15 October 2021 and is focused on the issues of Village and marginalised sections of India that are often ignored by mainstream media.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Latest News India, Today Top Headlines Online: Read Live Breaking News from India. Stay Up-to-date with Top news in India, current headlines|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news|publisher=hindustan times|access-date=10 November 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.rajasthanbeats.com/2021/10/the-hindi-news-web-portal-of-digi-talk.html|title= The Hindi news web portal of 'Digi Talk Media' 'News India' started broadcasting on Friday|work=Rajasthanbeats|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://kadwahat.com/digi-talk-media-company-starts-telecast-of-hindi-news-news-india-web-portal/|title= Digi Talk Media Company starts telecast of Hindi news ‘News India’ web portal|work=Kadwahat|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Content ==<br /> News India is known for live reporting, [[Political]] news, [[Agriculture]], [[Village]] and broadcasting [[documentaries]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://knnnews.co.in/digi-talk-media-company-starts-telecast-of-hindi-news-news-india-web-portal/|title=डीजी टॉक मीडिया कंपनी ने हिंदी समाचार का ‘न्यूज़ इंडिया’ वेब पोर्टल का प्रसारण शुरु किया|work=knnnews|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=40 percent subsidy will be given in banana cultivation under the national horticulture mission|url=https://newsindia.in.net/jitender/40-percent-subsidy-will-be-given-in-banana-cultivation-under-the-national-horticulture-mission/|publisher=news india|access-date=11 November 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Awaaz India TV]]<br /> * [[Dalit Camera]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.newsindia.in.net Official Website]<br /> <br /> {{Television news in India}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mass media in Mumbai]]<br /> [[Category:Hindi-language television channels in India]]<br /> [[Category:Mass media companies of India]]<br /> [[Category:Dalit literature]]<br /> [[Category:Mass media in Delhi]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Indian web television channel}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox television channel<br /> | name = News India<br /> | launch_date = {{Launch date and age|df=y|2021|10|15}}<br /> | logo = [[File:News India logo.jpg|thumb|News India]]<br /> | owner = Digi Talk media <br /> | headquarters = [[Indore]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | language = [[Hindi]]<br /> | website = {{URL|http://www.newsindia.in.net}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''News India''' is an Indian [[web channel]] launched on 15 October 2021 and is focused on the issues of Village and marginalised sections of India that are often ignored by mainstream media.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Latest News India, Today Top Headlines Online: Read Live Breaking News from India. Stay Up-to-date with Top news in India, current headlines|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news|publisher=hindustan times|access-date=10 November 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.rajasthanbeats.com/2021/10/the-hindi-news-web-portal-of-digi-talk.html|title= The Hindi news web portal of 'Digi Talk Media' 'News India' started broadcasting on Friday|work=Rajasthanbeats|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://kadwahat.com/digi-talk-media-company-starts-telecast-of-hindi-news-news-india-web-portal/|title= Digi Talk Media Company starts telecast of Hindi news ‘News India’ web portal|work=Kadwahat|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Content ==<br /> News India is known for live reporting, [[Political]] news, [[Agriculture]], [[Village]] and broadcasting [[documentaries]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://knnnews.co.in/digi-talk-media-company-starts-telecast-of-hindi-news-news-india-web-portal/|title=डीजी टॉक मीडिया कंपनी ने हिंदी समाचार का ‘न्यूज़ इंडिया’ वेब पोर्टल का प्रसारण शुरु किया|work=knnnews|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=40 percent subsidy will be given in banana cultivation under the national horticulture mission|url=https://newsindia.in.net/jitender/40-percent-subsidy-will-be-given-in-banana-cultivation-under-the-national-horticulture-mission/|publisher=news india|access-date=11 November 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Awaaz India TV]]<br /> * [[Dalit Camera]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.newsindia.in.net Official Website]<br /> <br /> {{Television news in India}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mass media in Mumbai]]<br /> [[Category:Hindi-language television channels in India]]<br /> [[Category:Mass media companies of India]]<br /> [[Category:Dalit literature]]<br /> [[Category:Mass media in Delhi]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: Created page with &quot;{{Short description|Indian web television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox television channel | name =...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Indian web television channel}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox television channel<br /> | name = News India<br /> | launch_date = {{Launch date and age|df=y|2021|10|15}}<br /> | logo = [[File:News India logo.jpg|thumb|News India]]<br /> | owner = Digi Talk media <br /> | headquarters = [[Indore]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | language = [[Hindi]]<br /> | website = {{URL|http://www.newsindia.in.net}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''News India''' is an Indian [[web channel]] launched on 15 October 2021 and is focused on the issues of Village and marginalised sections of India that are often ignored by mainstream media.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Latest News India, Today Top Headlines Online: Read Live Breaking News from India. Stay Up-to-date with Top news in India, current headlines|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news|publisher=hindustan times|access-date=10 November 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.rajasthanbeats.com/2021/10/the-hindi-news-web-portal-of-digi-talk.html|title= The Hindi news web portal of 'Digi Talk Media' 'News India' started broadcasting on Friday|work=Rajasthanbeats|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://kadwahat.com/digi-talk-media-company-starts-telecast-of-hindi-news-news-india-web-portal/|title= Digi Talk Media Company starts telecast of Hindi news ‘News India’ web portal|work=Kadwahat|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Content ==<br /> News India is known for live reporting, [[Political]] news, [[Agriculture]], [[Village]] and broadcasting [[documentaries]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://knnnews.co.in/digi-talk-media-company-starts-telecast-of-hindi-news-news-india-web-portal/|title=डीजी टॉक मीडिया कंपनी ने हिंदी समाचार का ‘न्यूज़ इंडिया’ वेब पोर्टल का प्रसारण शुरु किया|work=knnnews|access-date=2021-10-26}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=40 percent subsidy will be given in banana cultivation under the national horticulture mission|url=https://newsindia.in.net/jitender/40-percent-subsidy-will-be-given-in-banana-cultivation-under-the-national-horticulture-mission/|publisher=news india|access-date=11 November 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Awaaz India TV]]<br /> * [[Dalit Camera]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.newsindia.in.net Official Website]<br /> <br /> {{Television news in India}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:24-hour television news channels in India]]<br /> [[Category:Hindi-language television channels in India]]<br /> [[Category:Mass media companies of India]]<br /> [[Category:Dalit literature]]<br /> [[Category:Mass media in Delhi]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Transport */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Panagar<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = Town<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|23.3|N|79.98|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Jabalpur district|Jabalpur]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = 377<br /> | population_total = 25143<br /> | population_as_of = 2001<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP20]] <br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Panagar''' is a town with [[municipality]] in [[Jabalpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Geography==<br /> Panagar is located at {{Coord|23.3|N|79.98|E|}}.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Panagar.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Panagar]&lt;/ref&gt; It has an average elevation of 377&amp;nbsp;metres (1,236&amp;nbsp;feet).<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; Panagar had a population of 25,143. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panagar has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 60%. In Panagar, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is [[Jabalpur]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Jabalpur district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Transport */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br /> {{More citations needed|date=August 2007}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Sethia<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = city<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = <br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22|12|44|N|78|50|36|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Chhindwara district|Chhindwara]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = 4559<br /> | population_as_of = 2001<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP]] <br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Sethia''' is a [[census town]] in [[Chhindwara district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; Sethia had a population of 4,559. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sethia has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 50%. In Sethia, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is [[Jabalpur]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Chhindwara district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kali_Chhapar&diff=219852 2021-09-19T14:03:18Z

<p>Gotam502: /* Transport */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Kali Chhapar<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = city<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = <br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22|11|59|N|78|27|9|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Chhindwara district|Chhindwara]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = 10692<br /> | population_as_of = 2001<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP]] <br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Kali Chhapar''' is a [[census town]] in [[Chhindwara district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; Kali Chhapar had a population of 10,692. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kali Chhapar has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 60%. In Kali Chhapar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is [[Jabalpur]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Chhindwara district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damua&diff=197082 2021-09-19T14:01:38Z

<p>Gotam502: /* Transport */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Damua<br /> | native_name = camp<br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = town <br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = left<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22.2164|N|78.4804|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Chhindwara district|Chhindwara]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = 15856<br /> | population_as_of = 2011<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = 480555<br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP]] <br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Damua''' is a [[census town]] in [[Chhindwara district]] in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]].<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; [http://www.damuacity.hpage.com Damua] had a population of 15,856. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. [http://www.damuacity.hpage.com Damua] has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 66%. In Damua, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br /> <br /> Damua has now declared as a new municipality in Chhindwara. Damua is a basically divided in three parts.<br /> # Nandan (Kalichhapar)<br /> # Nandora<br /> # Chikatbary<br /> <br /> Schools in Damua and Nandan<br /> # Govt Higher Secondary School, Nandan.<br /> # Govt boys school, Damua.<br /> # Govt Girls school, Damua.<br /> #L.B.S High school English medium Nandan.<br /> <br /> Nearest park and hill station from Damua.<br /> # Satpuda national park.(panchmarhi). [http://www.panchmarhi.com Panchmarhi Satpuda park].<br /> # Pench national park (Seoni, Chhindwara)<br /> <br /> == Town in Damua Range ==<br /> 1. Damua<br /> 2. Nandan<br /> 3. Kalichhapar<br /> 4. Chikatbary<br /> 5. Gop.<br /> 6. Dhahu<br /> 7. Kangla Bhakra<br /> 8. Raijamun<br /> 9. Rakhikol<br /> and various small towns in Damua and Nandan range.<br /> <br /> ==Nearest Railway Station==<br /> Hirdhagrah &amp; Junnardeo<br /> <br /> Ghoradongri (Nagpur-itarsi section)<br /> <br /> ==River==<br /> Kanhan River<br /> <br /> ==Famous Temple==<br /> Shidhnath Dham (sidhbaba tekri), Khedapati mata mandir<br /> <br /> ==Media==<br /> <br /> '''Newspapers:'''<br /> Damua's local News paper is Khan Majdoor<br /> Chhindwara has a few print publications which include Hindi newspapers such as, [[Dainik Bhaskar]], Lokmat Samachar, Patrika, Jabalpur Express, Divya Express.<br /> <br /> '''Radio:'''<br /> There are few [[FM broadcasting|FM]] stations broadcasting from Chhindwara: [[Vividh Bharati]] and [[Gyan Vani]].<br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is [[Jabalpur]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Kamalnath]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> <br /> * www.damuacity.hpage.com<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.damuacity.com Official website]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Chhindwara district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iklehra&diff=208881 2021-09-19T14:00:07Z

<p>Gotam502: /* Transport */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Iklehra<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = city<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|23.15|N|76.38|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Dewas district]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = 457<br /> | population_total = 9206<br /> | population_as_of = 2001<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP]] <br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Iklehra''' is a [[census town]] in [[Dewas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Geography==<br /> Iklehra is located at {{coord|23.15|N|76.38|E|}}.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Iklehra.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Iklehra]&lt;/ref&gt; It has an average elevation of 457&amp;nbsp;metres (1,499&amp;nbsp;feet).<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; Iklehra had a population of 9,206. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Iklehra has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 58%. In Iklehra, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are five schools.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is [[Jabalpur]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Chhindwara district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harrai&diff=207275 2021-09-19T13:58:58Z

<p>Gotam502: /* Transport */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Harrai<br /> | official_name = <br /> | settlement_type = Town<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22.62|N|79.22|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Chhindwara district|Chhindwara]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = [[Nagar Panchayat]]<br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = 600<br /> | population_total = 21,000<br /> | population_as_of = 2018<br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = 480224<br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP-28]]<br /> | website = <br /> | footnotes = <br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<br /> }}<br /> '''Harrai''' is a [[Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Chhindwara district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Geography and Climate==<br /> ===Geography===<br /> Harrai is located at {{coord|22.62|N|79.22|E|}}.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Harrai.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Harrai]&lt;/ref&gt; It has an average elevation of 588&amp;nbsp;metres (1929&amp;nbsp;feet). It is 82&amp;nbsp;km from Chhindwara district headquarter and 46&amp;nbsp;km from Narsinghpur district headquarter.<br /> <br /> ===Climate===<br /> The climate in Harrai is warm and temperate. When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. This location is classified as ''Cwa'' by [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen and Geiger]]. The average annual temperature is 24.4&amp;nbsp;°C in Harrai. The average annual rainfall is 1145&amp;nbsp;mm. The weather data is given in the following table.&lt;ref name=Data&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/india/madhya-pradesh/harrai-795949/|title=Climate:Harrai|publisher=Climate data organization}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> {{Weather box<br /> |location= Harrai<br /> |metric first= yes<br /> |single line= yes<br /> |temperature colour= pastel<br /> |Jan high C= 25.1<br /> |Feb high C= 28.1<br /> |Mar high C= 32.9<br /> |Apr high C= 37<br /> |May high C= 40.1<br /> |Jun high C= 35.7<br /> |Jul high C= 28.8<br /> |Aug high C= 28.1<br /> |Sep high C= 29.2<br /> |Oct high C= 29.7<br /> |Nov high C= 27.5<br /> |Dec high C= 25.6<br /> <br /> |Jan mean C= 17.8<br /> |Feb mean C= 20.2<br /> |Mar mean C= 24.9<br /> |Apr mean C= 29.3<br /> |May mean C= 33<br /> |Jun mean C= 30.4<br /> |Jul mean C= 25.7<br /> |Aug mean C= 25.2<br /> |Sep mean C= 25.4<br /> |Oct mean C= 23.8<br /> |Nov mean C= 19.9<br /> |Dec mean C= 17.6<br /> <br /> |Jan low C= 10.5<br /> |Feb low C= 12.4<br /> |Mar low C= 16.9<br /> |Apr low C= 21.7<br /> |May low C= 26<br /> |Jun low C= 25.1<br /> |Jul low C= 22.7<br /> |Aug low C= 22.3<br /> |Sep low C= 21.7<br /> |Oct low C= 17.9<br /> |Nov low C= 12.3<br /> |Dec low C= 9.7<br /> <br /> |precipitation colour=green<br /> |Jan precipitation mm= 15<br /> |Feb precipitation mm= 12<br /> |Mar precipitation mm= 21<br /> |Apr precipitation mm= 9<br /> |May precipitation mm= 11<br /> |Jun precipitation mm= 128<br /> |Jul precipitation mm= 324<br /> |Aug precipitation mm= 337<br /> |Sep precipitation mm= 229<br /> |Oct precipitation mm= 38<br /> |Nov precipitation mm= 8<br /> |Dec precipitation mm= 13<br /> |total precipitation mm=<br /> <br /> |source=&lt;ref name=Data/&gt;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2011}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/802378-harrai-madhya-pradesh.html|title=Harrai Nagar Panchayat Population Census of India 2011|publisher=Census Commission of India|access-date=2017-01-19}}&lt;/ref&gt; Harrai had a population of 11,000. Males constitute 50.64% of the population and females 49.36%. Harrai has an average literacy rate of 79.3%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 85.10%, and female literacy is 73.27%. In Harrai, 13.04% of the population is under 6 years of age. <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is [[Jabalpur]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Chhindwara district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barkuhi&diff=187401 2021-09-19T10:46:14Z

<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Unreferenced|date=July 2013}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Barkuhi<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = town<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22|12|17|N|78|41|33|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = Chhindwara<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = 19000<br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP]] <br /> | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br /> | blank1_info_sec1 = Parasia<br /> | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank2_info_sec1 = Chhindwara<br /> | blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank3_info_sec1 = Parasia<br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Barkuhi''' is a small [[township]] in [[Chhindwara District]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Location==<br /> Situated on the banks of [[Pench River]], it lies midway between [[Junnardeo]] and [[Dongar Parasia|Parasia]], about 35&amp;nbsp;km north-west of [[Chhindwara]]. The nearest railway stations are [[Eklehra]] (1.5&amp;nbsp;km) and [[Parasia]] (5&amp;nbsp;km). The nearest airport, [[Nagpur]], is 125&amp;nbsp;km to south-east of Barkuhi. Barkuhi's population is 18,000.<br /> <br /> This place is known in nearby areas because of a central school. This is the only central school in 35&amp;nbsp;km of radius. Its name is Kendriya vidyalaya barkuhi.<br /> Before being given the status of nagar panchayat in 2010, Barkuhi was the largest gram panchayat of Madhya Pradesh. There is a temple located on a hill known as Barah Mandir. All twelve shivlinga located across India are present here.<br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is Jabalpur. <br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Chhindwara district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tirodi&diff=272745 2021-09-19T10:28:19Z

<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Tirodi<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = Town<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = left<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|21.683|N|79.731|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = 375<br /> | population_total = 8847<br /> | population_as_of = 2001<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = <br /> | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MP]] <br /> | website = <br /> | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MP]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> '''Tirodi''' is a [[census town]] in [[Balaghat district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br /> <br /> ==Geography==<br /> Tirodi has an average elevation of 375&amp;nbsp;metres (1,230&amp;nbsp;feet).<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&amp;state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; Tirodi had a population of 8,847. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Tirodi has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 56%. In Tirodi, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> The nearest airport is Jabalpur.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Tirodi copper plates]]<br /> *[[Tirodi railway station]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Jabalpur Division}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in Balaghat district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kisan_Swaraj_Sangathan_farmer_union&diff=177474 2021-09-13T19:00:29Z

<p>Gotam502: Gotam502 moved page Kisan Swaraj Sangathan farmer union to Kisan Swaraj Sangathan over redirect</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Kisan Swaraj Sangathan]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: Gotam502 moved page Kisan Swaraj Sangathan farmer union to Kisan Swaraj Sangathan over redirect</p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date =september 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=september 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan<br /> | native_name = किसान स्वराज संगठन <br /> | caption =<br /> <br /> | logo = <br /> | abbreviation = <br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = <br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2020}}<br /> | founders =<br /> | extinction = <br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = <br /> | headquarters = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = <br /> | leader_name2 = <br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = <br /> | website = {{url|kisanswarajsangathan.org}}<br /> | general = <br /> }}<br /> The '''Kisan Swaraj Sangathan''' ({{lang-en| Indian Farmers' Union|italics=yes}}) ([[Hindi]] - किसान स्वराज संगठन ) &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kisan-Swaraj-Sammelan|title=Kisan Swaraj Sammelan|first=The Time of |last=India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/tomorrow-at-9-am-regional-farmers-will-gather-at-patel-chowk-127987789.html| date = 7 Dec 2020| title = Farmer Protest: भारत बंद:कल सुबह 9 बजे पटेल चौक पर इकट्ठे होंगे क्षेत्रीय किसान| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is a registered [[Trade unions in India]].focusing on the welfare and fair treatment of farmers. It operates in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat|Gujrat]], and [[Rajasthan]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agrarian-crisis-lok-sabha-elections-bjp-farmers-suicides-rural-distress-swaraj-to-the-kisan-5625197/|title=Swaraj is the kisan’s birthright and he should have it|first=Indian|last=Express|website=Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-43362956|title=किसान आंदोलन: चलते-चलते पत्थर हुए पैर|first=BBC|last=Hindi|website=BBC Hindi}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/demonstration-of-kisan-swaraj-organization-on-tehsil-today-with-five-demands-127648583.html|title=मांग:पांच मांगाें काे लेकर किसान स्वराज संगठन का आज तहसील पर प्रदर्शन|first=Dainik|last=Bhaskar|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-ok-6565404|title=बिजली विभाग की मनमानी के खिलाफ किसान स्वराज संगठन का प्रदर्शन नौ को|first=Nai|last=Dunia|website=Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://public.app/video/sp_g66xdthyt5nor| title = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan| date = 28 Oct 2020| newspaper = Public News}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-farmer-kept-toll-for-free-vehicals-in-sheopur-6605545| date = 12 Dec 2020| title = Farmer protest: आंदोलन के समर्थन में किसानों ने श्योपुर में टोल प्लाजा बंद कराया| newspaper = [[Jagran Prakashan Limited]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Organization==<br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a grassroots system of village panchayats. The kss meetings are noted to be informal, gram swaraj in their structure while making use of the gram sabha. It has presence in the states of madhya pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=kisan swaraj sangathan|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Against farm laws 2020==<br /> Kss protest against of The [[2020 Indian agriculture acts]]. Agitated to withdraw agricultural laws in various ways in the country such as Rail Roko, Toll Naka Free, Chakka Jam, Bharat Bandh. it's all part the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/one-hour-in-mahapanchayat-explain-the-disadvantages-of-agricultural-ordinance-to-farmers-then-three-hours-of-protest-127737364.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = One Hour In Mahapanchayat, Explain The Disadvantages Of Agricultural Ordinance To Farmers, Then Three Hours Of Protest| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Controversy==<br /> An FIR was registered by the Sheopur Madhya Pradesh Police on the workers of the organization for the farmers' agitation demanding the withdrawal of agricultural laws.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.patrika.com/sheopur-news/fir-on-65-farmers-who-dare-to-act-against-agriculture-law-6414628/| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = fir on 65 farmers kisan swaraj sangathan who dare to act against agriculture| newspaper = [[Rajasthan Patrika]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/farmers-will-protest-against-police-after-case-is-registered-127996342.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = farmers will protest against police after case is registered| newspaper =[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Union]]<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://kisanswarajsangathan.org/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:2020 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]<br /> [[Category:2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-trade-union-stub}}</div>

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<p>Gotam502: Gotam502 moved page Kisan Swaraj Sangathan to Kisan Swaraj Sangathan farmer union: farmer union</p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date =september 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=september 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan<br /> | native_name = किसान स्वराज संगठन <br /> | caption =<br /> <br /> | logo = <br /> | abbreviation = <br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = <br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2020}}<br /> | founders =<br /> | extinction = <br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = <br /> | headquarters = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = <br /> | leader_name2 = <br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = <br /> | website = {{url|kisanswarajsangathan.org}}<br /> | general = <br /> }}<br /> The '''Kisan Swaraj Sangathan''' ({{lang-en| Indian Farmers' Union|italics=yes}}) ([[Hindi]] - किसान स्वराज संगठन ) &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kisan-Swaraj-Sammelan|title=Kisan Swaraj Sammelan|first=The Time of |last=India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/tomorrow-at-9-am-regional-farmers-will-gather-at-patel-chowk-127987789.html| date = 7 Dec 2020| title = Farmer Protest: भारत बंद:कल सुबह 9 बजे पटेल चौक पर इकट्ठे होंगे क्षेत्रीय किसान| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is a registered [[Trade unions in India]].focusing on the welfare and fair treatment of farmers. It operates in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat|Gujrat]], and [[Rajasthan]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agrarian-crisis-lok-sabha-elections-bjp-farmers-suicides-rural-distress-swaraj-to-the-kisan-5625197/|title=Swaraj is the kisan’s birthright and he should have it|first=Indian|last=Express|website=Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-43362956|title=किसान आंदोलन: चलते-चलते पत्थर हुए पैर|first=BBC|last=Hindi|website=BBC Hindi}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/demonstration-of-kisan-swaraj-organization-on-tehsil-today-with-five-demands-127648583.html|title=मांग:पांच मांगाें काे लेकर किसान स्वराज संगठन का आज तहसील पर प्रदर्शन|first=Dainik|last=Bhaskar|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-ok-6565404|title=बिजली विभाग की मनमानी के खिलाफ किसान स्वराज संगठन का प्रदर्शन नौ को|first=Nai|last=Dunia|website=Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://public.app/video/sp_g66xdthyt5nor| title = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan| date = 28 Oct 2020| newspaper = Public News}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-farmer-kept-toll-for-free-vehicals-in-sheopur-6605545| date = 12 Dec 2020| title = Farmer protest: आंदोलन के समर्थन में किसानों ने श्योपुर में टोल प्लाजा बंद कराया| newspaper = [[Jagran Prakashan Limited]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Organization==<br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a grassroots system of village panchayats. The kss meetings are noted to be informal, gram swaraj in their structure while making use of the gram sabha. It has presence in the states of madhya pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=kisan swaraj sangathan|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Against farm laws 2020==<br /> Kss protest against of The [[2020 Indian agriculture acts]]. Agitated to withdraw agricultural laws in various ways in the country such as Rail Roko, Toll Naka Free, Chakka Jam, Bharat Bandh. it's all part the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/one-hour-in-mahapanchayat-explain-the-disadvantages-of-agricultural-ordinance-to-farmers-then-three-hours-of-protest-127737364.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = One Hour In Mahapanchayat, Explain The Disadvantages Of Agricultural Ordinance To Farmers, Then Three Hours Of Protest| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Controversy==<br /> An FIR was registered by the Sheopur Madhya Pradesh Police on the workers of the organization for the farmers' agitation demanding the withdrawal of agricultural laws.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.patrika.com/sheopur-news/fir-on-65-farmers-who-dare-to-act-against-agriculture-law-6414628/| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = fir on 65 farmers kisan swaraj sangathan who dare to act against agriculture| newspaper = [[Rajasthan Patrika]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/farmers-will-protest-against-police-after-case-is-registered-127996342.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = farmers will protest against police after case is registered| newspaper =[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Union]]<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://kisanswarajsangathan.org/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:2020 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]<br /> [[Category:2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-trade-union-stub}}</div>

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<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date =september 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=september 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan<br /> | native_name = किसान स्वराज संगठन <br /> | caption =<br /> <br /> | logo = <br /> | abbreviation = <br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = <br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2020}}<br /> | founders =<br /> | extinction = <br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = <br /> | headquarters = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = <br /> | leader_name2 = <br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = <br /> | website = {{url|kisanswarajsangathan.org}}<br /> | general = <br /> }}<br /> The '''Kisan Swaraj Sangathan''' ({{lang-en| Indian Farmers' Union|italics=yes}}) ([[Hindi]] - किसान स्वराज संगठन ) &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kisan-Swaraj-Sammelan|title=Kisan Swaraj Sammelan|first=The Time of |last=India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/tomorrow-at-9-am-regional-farmers-will-gather-at-patel-chowk-127987789.html| date = 7 Dec 2020| title = Farmer Protest: भारत बंद:कल सुबह 9 बजे पटेल चौक पर इकट्ठे होंगे क्षेत्रीय किसान| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is a registered [[Trade unions in India]].focusing on the welfare and fair treatment of farmers. It operates in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat|Gujrat]], and [[Rajasthan]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agrarian-crisis-lok-sabha-elections-bjp-farmers-suicides-rural-distress-swaraj-to-the-kisan-5625197/|title=Swaraj is the kisan’s birthright and he should have it|first=Indian|last=Express|website=Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-43362956|title=किसान आंदोलन: चलते-चलते पत्थर हुए पैर|first=BBC|last=Hindi|website=BBC Hindi}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/demonstration-of-kisan-swaraj-organization-on-tehsil-today-with-five-demands-127648583.html|title=मांग:पांच मांगाें काे लेकर किसान स्वराज संगठन का आज तहसील पर प्रदर्शन|first=Dainik|last=Bhaskar|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-ok-6565404|title=बिजली विभाग की मनमानी के खिलाफ किसान स्वराज संगठन का प्रदर्शन नौ को|first=Nai|last=Dunia|website=Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://public.app/video/sp_g66xdthyt5nor| title = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan| date = 28 Oct 2020| newspaper = Public News}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-farmer-kept-toll-for-free-vehicals-in-sheopur-6605545| date = 12 Dec 2020| title = Farmer protest: आंदोलन के समर्थन में किसानों ने श्योपुर में टोल प्लाजा बंद कराया| newspaper = [[Jagran Prakashan Limited]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Organization==<br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a grassroots system of village panchayats. The kss meetings are noted to be informal, gram swaraj in their structure while making use of the gram sabha. It has presence in the states of madhya pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=kisan swaraj sangathan|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Against farm laws 2020==<br /> Kss protest against of The [[2020 Indian agriculture acts]]. Agitated to withdraw agricultural laws in various ways in the country such as Rail Roko, Toll Naka Free, Chakka Jam, Bharat Bandh. it's all part the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/one-hour-in-mahapanchayat-explain-the-disadvantages-of-agricultural-ordinance-to-farmers-then-three-hours-of-protest-127737364.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = One Hour In Mahapanchayat, Explain The Disadvantages Of Agricultural Ordinance To Farmers, Then Three Hours Of Protest| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Controversy==<br /> An FIR was registered by the Sheopur Madhya Pradesh Police on the workers of the organization for the farmers' agitation demanding the withdrawal of agricultural laws.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.patrika.com/sheopur-news/fir-on-65-farmers-who-dare-to-act-against-agriculture-law-6414628/| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = fir on 65 farmers kisan swaraj sangathan who dare to act against agriculture| newspaper = [[Rajasthan Patrika]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/farmers-will-protest-against-police-after-case-is-registered-127996342.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = farmers will protest against police after case is registered| newspaper =[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Union]]<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://kisanswarajsangathan.org/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:2020 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]<br /> [[Category:2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-trade-union-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bhagwan_Meena&diff=177254 2021-09-12T08:12:57Z

<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | name = Bhagwan Meena<br /> | native_name = <br /> | birth_name = <br /> | image = <br /> | imagesize = <br /> | constituency_MP = <br /> | parliament = <br /> | term_start = 2007<br /> | term_end = 2011<br /> | predecessor = <br /> | successor = <br /> | party = <br /> | profession = Politician, Farmer Leader<br /> | spouse = <br /> | children = <br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1986|5|5}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Nasrullaganj]], Madhya Pradesh, [[India]]&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/india/where-is-amaravati.html|title=Nasrullaganj Location Map, Where is Nasrullaganj|website=Maps of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | residence = [[Indore]]<br /> | nationality = Indian<br /> | religion = <br /> | website = {{url|bhagwanmeena.com}}<br /> | signature = <br /> }}<br /> '''Bhagwan Meena''' is an Indian politician and a farmer leader in the area of [[Madhya Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhopal-news/mp-plans-to-rent-out-vacant-mandi-space-for-subsidised-retail-shops-for-farmers-101612090853235.html|title=Bhagwan Meena, a farmers’ leader from Sehore|date=31 Jan 2021|website= [[Hindustan Times]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/wheat-procurement-starts-slowly-across-north-india-amid-distress-sale-fears-120041800384_1.html|title=This system was introduced as a reform measure to the APMC and to facilitate out of mandi sales by farmers and is meant for those farmers who are running short of cash and can’t wait for their turn to sell in government registered procurement centres,said Bhagwan Meena, a young farmer leader from Madhya Pradesh|date=18 April 2020|website=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.bhagwanmeena.com/page1.html|title=official website (21 June 2019)}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://sehore.nic.in/en/|title=District Sehore, Government of Madhya Pradesh &amp;#124; India}}&lt;/ref&gt; He is General Secretary of Kisan Swaraj Sangathan, a farmers organisation.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/wheat-procurement-picks-up-amid-complaints-of-mismanagement-in-some-mandis-120042701283_1.html|title=Wheat procurement picks up amid complaints of mismanagement in some mandis|date=27 April 2020|website=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%a7%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b6-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%83%e0%a4%b7%e0%a4%bf-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a5%e0%a4%b5/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|date=24 June 2020|website=News Mobile|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/kharif-crop-expected-to-be-hit-as-excessive-monsoon-rain-floods-fields-sparks-pest-attacks/503872/|title=Bhagwan Meena, the MP-based convener of the farmer body Kisan Swaraj Sangathan|date=17 Sep 2020|website=[[ThePrint]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://mpsamachar.in/crop-insurance-not-happening-bhagwan-meena/|title=crop insurance not happening bhagwan meena|date=26 Aug 2020|website= mp samachar|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; In November 2020, his organization, kisan swaraj sangathan joined the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-protests-against-farm-bill-intensify-as-organisations-lend-support|title=Madhya Pradesh: Protests against Farm Bill intensify as organisations lend support|date=26 Sep 2020|website=[[The Free Press Journal]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Career ==<br /> He entered journalism in 2010 working for ''Krishak Dduniya''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://krishakduniya.page/|title=KRISHAK DUNIYA|website=krishakduniya.page}}&lt;/ref&gt; He joined ''[[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]'' in 2007 and held various positions.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://bharatiyakisansangh.org/|title=BHARATIYA KISAN SANGH|website=bharatiyakisansangh.org}}&lt;/ref&gt; He established Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh on 3 May 2016 and became its national spokesperson.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.rkmsindia.org/|title=Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor sangh &amp;#124; राष्ट्रीय किसान मजदूर महासंघ संघ &amp;#124; kisan andolan &amp;#124; RKMS &amp;#124; RKMSINDIA &amp;#124;|website=www.rkmsindia.org}}&lt;/ref&gt; .&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaonconnection.com/samvad/why-is-the-government-sacrificing-the-farmers-to-reduce-inflation|title=सरकार महंगाई कम करने के लिए किसानों की बलि क्यों दे रही है ?|first=गाँव|last=कनेक्शन|website=Gaon Connection}}&lt;/ref&gt; He is an expert on agricultural economics.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://thewirehindi.com/author/bhagwan-singh-meena/|title=भगवान सिंह मीणा, Author at The Wire – Hindi|first=भगवान सिंह|last=मीणा}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> * [[Raju Shetti]]<br /> * [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{Twitter|https://twitter.com/bhagwanmeena53}}<br /> * {{Facebook|https://facebook.com/bhagwanmeena53}}<br /> * {{Official|www.bhagwanmeena.com}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Meena, Bhagwan}}<br /> [[:Category:Living people]]<br /> [[:Category:Indian farmers]]<br /> [[:Category:1986 births]]<br /> [[:Category:Farmers' rights activists]]<br /> [[:Category:People from Sehore district]]</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kisan_Swaraj_Sangathan&diff=177144 2021-09-10T20:42:22Z

<p>Gotam502: Created page with &quot;{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}} {{Orphan|date=July 2021}} {{full citations needed|date=september 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date =september 2021}} {{Use dmy da...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}}<br /> {{Orphan|date=July 2021}}<br /> <br /> {{full citations needed|date=september 2021}}<br /> <br /> {{Use Indian English|date =september 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=september 2021}}<br /> <br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan<br /> | native_name = किसान स्वराज संगठन <br /> | caption =<br /> <br /> | logo = <br /> | abbreviation = <br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = <br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2020}}<br /> | founders =<br /> | extinction = <br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = <br /> | headquarters = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = <br /> | leader_name2 = <br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = <br /> | website = {{url|kisanswarajsangathan.org}}<br /> | general = <br /> }}<br /> The '''Kisan Swaraj Sangathan''' ({{lang-en| Indian Farmers' Union|italics=yes}}) ([[Hindi]] - किसान स्वराज संगठन ) &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kisan-Swaraj-Sammelan|title=Kisan Swaraj Sammelan|first=The Time of |last=India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/tomorrow-at-9-am-regional-farmers-will-gather-at-patel-chowk-127987789.html| date = 7 Dec 2020| title = Farmer Protest: भारत बंद:कल सुबह 9 बजे पटेल चौक पर इकट्ठे होंगे क्षेत्रीय किसान| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is a registered [[Trade unions in India]].focusing on the welfare and fair treatment of farmers. It operates in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat|Gujrat]], and [[Rajasthan]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agrarian-crisis-lok-sabha-elections-bjp-farmers-suicides-rural-distress-swaraj-to-the-kisan-5625197/|title=Swaraj is the kisan’s birthright and he should have it|first=Indian|last=Express|website=Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-43362956|title=किसान आंदोलन: चलते-चलते पत्थर हुए पैर|first=BBC|last=Hindi|website=BBC Hindi}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/demonstration-of-kisan-swaraj-organization-on-tehsil-today-with-five-demands-127648583.html|title=मांग:पांच मांगाें काे लेकर किसान स्वराज संगठन का आज तहसील पर प्रदर्शन|first=Dainik|last=Bhaskar|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-ok-6565404|title=बिजली विभाग की मनमानी के खिलाफ किसान स्वराज संगठन का प्रदर्शन नौ को|first=Nai|last=Dunia|website=Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://public.app/video/sp_g66xdthyt5nor| title = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan| date = 28 Oct 2020| newspaper = Public News}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-farmer-kept-toll-for-free-vehicals-in-sheopur-6605545| date = 12 Dec 2020| title = Farmer protest: आंदोलन के समर्थन में किसानों ने श्योपुर में टोल प्लाजा बंद कराया| newspaper = [[Jagran Prakashan Limited]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Organization==<br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a grassroots system of village panchayats. The kss meetings are noted to be informal, gram swaraj in their structure while making use of the gram sabha. It has presence in the states of madhya pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=kisan swaraj sangathan|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Against farm laws 2020==<br /> Kss protest against of The [[2020 Indian agriculture acts]]. Agitated to withdraw agricultural laws in various ways in the country such as Rail Roko, Toll Naka Free, Chakka Jam, Bharat Bandh. it's all part the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/one-hour-in-mahapanchayat-explain-the-disadvantages-of-agricultural-ordinance-to-farmers-then-three-hours-of-protest-127737364.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = One Hour In Mahapanchayat, Explain The Disadvantages Of Agricultural Ordinance To Farmers, Then Three Hours Of Protest| newspaper = [[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Controversy==<br /> An FIR was registered by the Sheopur Madhya Pradesh Police on the workers of the organization for the farmers' agitation demanding the withdrawal of agricultural laws.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.patrika.com/sheopur-news/fir-on-65-farmers-who-dare-to-act-against-agriculture-law-6414628/| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = fir on 65 farmers kisan swaraj sangathan who dare to act against agriculture| newspaper = [[Rajasthan Patrika]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheour/news/farmers-will-protest-against-police-after-case-is-registered-127996342.html| date = 26 Sep 2020| title = farmers will protest against police after case is registered| newspaper =[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Union]]<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://kisanswarajsangathan.org/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:2020 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]<br /> [[Category:2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-trade-union-stub}}</div>

Gotam502 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bhagwan_Meena&diff=177143 2021-09-10T20:34:29Z

<p>Gotam502: Created page with &quot;{{notability|1=Biographies|date=September 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{notability|1=Biographies|date=September 2021}}<br /> <br /> {{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | name = Bhagwan Meena<br /> | native_name = <br /> | birth_name = <br /> | image = <br /> | imagesize = <br /> | constituency_MP = <br /> | parliament = <br /> | term_start = 2007<br /> | term_end = 2011<br /> | predecessor = <br /> | successor = <br /> | party = <br /> | profession = Politician, Farmer Leader<br /> | spouse = <br /> | children = <br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1986|5|5}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Nasrullaganj]], Madhya Pradesh, [[India]]&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/india/where-is-amaravati.html|title=Nasrullaganj Location Map, Where is Nasrullaganj|website=Maps of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | residence = [[Indore]]<br /> | nationality = Indian<br /> | religion = <br /> | website = {{url|bhagwanmeena.com}}<br /> | signature = <br /> }}<br /> '''Bhagwan Meena''' is an Indian politician and a farmer leader in the area of [[Madhya Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhopal-news/mp-plans-to-rent-out-vacant-mandi-space-for-subsidised-retail-shops-for-farmers-101612090853235.html|title=Bhagwan Meena, a farmers’ leader from Sehore|date=31 Jan 2021|website= [[Hindustan Times]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/wheat-procurement-starts-slowly-across-north-india-amid-distress-sale-fears-120041800384_1.html|title=This system was introduced as a reform measure to the APMC and to facilitate out of mandi sales by farmers and is meant for those farmers who are running short of cash and can’t wait for their turn to sell in government registered procurement centres,said Bhagwan Meena, a young farmer leader from Madhya Pradesh|date=18 April 2020|website=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.bhagwanmeena.com/page1.html|title=official website (21 June 2019)}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://sehore.nic.in/en/|title=District Sehore, Government of Madhya Pradesh &amp;#124; India}}&lt;/ref&gt; He is General Secretary of Kisan Swaraj Sangathan, a farmers organisation.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/wheat-procurement-picks-up-amid-complaints-of-mismanagement-in-some-mandis-120042701283_1.html|title=Wheat procurement picks up amid complaints of mismanagement in some mandis|date=27 April 2020|website=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%a7%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b6-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%83%e0%a4%b7%e0%a4%bf-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a5%e0%a4%b5/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|date=24 June 2020|website=News Mobile|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/kharif-crop-expected-to-be-hit-as-excessive-monsoon-rain-floods-fields-sparks-pest-attacks/503872/|title=Bhagwan Meena, the MP-based convener of the farmer body Kisan Swaraj Sangathan|date=17 Sep 2020|website=[[ThePrint]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://mpsamachar.in/crop-insurance-not-happening-bhagwan-meena/|title=crop insurance not happening bhagwan meena|date=26 Aug 2020|website= mp samachar|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; In November 2020, his organization, kisan swaraj sangathan joined the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-protests-against-farm-bill-intensify-as-organisations-lend-support|title=Madhya Pradesh: Protests against Farm Bill intensify as organisations lend support|date=26 Sep 2020|website=[[The Free Press Journal]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 Feb 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Career ==<br /> He entered journalism in 2010 working for ''Krishak Dduniya''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://krishakduniya.page/|title=KRISHAK DUNIYA|website=krishakduniya.page}}&lt;/ref&gt; He joined ''[[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]'' in 2007 and held various positions.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://bharatiyakisansangh.org/|title=BHARATIYA KISAN SANGH|website=bharatiyakisansangh.org}}&lt;/ref&gt; He established Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh on 3 May 2016 and became its national spokesperson.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.rkmsindia.org/|title=Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor sangh &amp;#124; राष्ट्रीय किसान मजदूर महासंघ संघ &amp;#124; kisan andolan &amp;#124; RKMS &amp;#124; RKMSINDIA &amp;#124;|website=www.rkmsindia.org}}&lt;/ref&gt; .&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaonconnection.com/samvad/why-is-the-government-sacrificing-the-farmers-to-reduce-inflation|title=सरकार महंगाई कम करने के लिए किसानों की बलि क्यों दे रही है ?|first=गाँव|last=कनेक्शन|website=Gaon Connection}}&lt;/ref&gt; He is an expert on agricultural economics.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://thewirehindi.com/author/bhagwan-singh-meena/|title=भगवान सिंह मीणा, Author at The Wire – Hindi|first=भगवान सिंह|last=मीणा}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> * [[Raju Shetti]]<br /> * [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{Twitter|https://twitter.com/bhagwanmeena53}}<br /> * {{Facebook|https://facebook.com/bhagwanmeena53}}<br /> * {{Official|www.bhagwanmeena.com}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Meena, Bhagwan}}<br /> [[:Category:Living people]]<br /> [[:Category:Indian farmers]]<br /> [[:Category:1986 births]]<br /> [[:Category:Farmers' rights activists]]<br /> [[:Category:People from Sehore district]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a [[pressure group]] from outside the establishment of electoral politics.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other developing countries. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] movement which it asserts creates division on [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a [[pressure group]] from outside the establishment of electoral politics.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other [[developing countries]]. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] movement which it asserts creates division on [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a [[pressure group]] from outside the establishment of electoral politics.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other [[developing countries]]. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] movement which it asserts creates division on [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a pressure group from outside the establishment of [[electoral politics]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other developing countries. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist movement which it asserts creates division on Sectarianism|sectarian lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a pressure group from outside the establishment of [[electoral politics]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other [[developing countries]]. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist movement which it asserts creates division on Sectarianism|sectarian lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a [[pressure group]] from outside the establishment of [[electoral politics]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other [[developing countries]]. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist movement which it asserts creates division on Sectarianism|sectarian lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: /* Ideology */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a [[pressure group]] from outside the establishment of [[electoral politics]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other [[developing countries]]. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist movement which it asserts creates division on [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Bharatiya Kisan Union<br /> | native_name = <br /> | caption = Logo of BKU<br /> | logo = [[File:Bharatiya_Kisan_Union_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | abbreviation = BKU<br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = Punjab Khetibari Union&lt;br/&gt;Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (Haryana)&lt;br/&gt;Raytu Sangha (Karnataka)&lt;br/&gt;Vyavasayigal Sangham (Tamil Nadu)<br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1978|7|01}}<br /> | founders = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]&lt;br/&gt;[[M. D. Nanjundaswamy]]&lt;br/&gt;Narayanswamy Naidu&lt;br/&gt;Bhupinder Singh Mann&lt;br/&gt;[[Mahendra Singh Tikait]]<br /> | extinction = &lt;!-- date of extinction, optional --&gt;<br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = &lt;!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --&gt;<br /> | headquarters = Kisan Bhawan, [[Sisauli]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = National Spokesperson<br /> | leader_name2 = [[Rakesh Tikait]]<br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Via Campesina]]<br /> | website = [http://www.bku.co.in/ Official Website]<br /> | general = Yudhvir Singh<br /> }}<br /> '''Bharatiya Kisan Union''' (abbreviated '''BKU''') ([[English language|English]]: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in [[India]]. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the ''Punjab Khetibari Union'' (Punjab Farming Union) which became its [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] branch.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://viacampesina.org/en/bharatiya-kisan-union-backs-tamil-nadu-farmers-protesting-with-human-skulls-in-new-delhi/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union backs Tamil Nadu farmers protesting with human skulls in New Delhi – Via Campesina|date=2017-03-28|website=[[Via Campesina]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/bku-leader-mahendra-singh-tikait-dead-133781-2011-05-15|title=BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait dead|date=15 May 2011|website=[[India Today]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> The foundation of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) began with the formation of the ''Punjab Khetibari Zamindari Union'' (later renamed ''Punjab Khetibari Union'') in May 1972 with the merger of 11 peasants group in [[Chandigarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last=Kochanek|first=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0495007494|pages=255}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1978, the PKU was transformed into the BKU with the intention of creating a national forum for farmers with association to the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] of the [[Janata Party (Secular)]], but it failed to provide a substantial mobilization of farmers initially.&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot; /&gt; In 12 December 1980, an &quot;All-India Kisan Sammelan&quot; was organised which saw the unification of the ''Kisan Sangarsh Samiti'' (Haryana), ''Raytu Sangha'' (Karnataka) and ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' (Tamil Nadu) under the ambit of the BKU. In 1982, the union underwent a brief split under the designation of BKU (N) led by Narayanasamy Naidu and BKU (M) led by Bhupendra Singh Mann. The organisation was however reunited by the intervention of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] under a [[Federalism|federal]] structure with [[autonomous]] state units.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot;&gt;{{Cite book|last=Omvedt|first=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|title=Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=1993|isbn=0-87332-784-5|pages=122}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=30|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was reorganised in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]] with its headquarters in [[Sisauli]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a non-partisan organisation contrary to its previous association with the former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Charan Singh]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:2&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=130|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> During the 1980s, it emerged through a number of agitations which began with the rising wave of [[Social movement|people's movements]] since the [[Bihar Movement]] following [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=95|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/1974-is-this-really-as-real/278136|title=1974... Is This Really As Real? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|last=Reddy|first=Sheela|date=5 September 2011|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The Bharatiya Kisan Union attained popularity by leading the &quot;Meerut siege&quot; in January–February 1988 which was a 25-day long [[dharna]] (picketing) around the [[commissioner]]'s office in [[Meerut]] that witnessed the gathering of hundreds of thousands of farmers from around the area into the city.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|page=125|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt; Later, in the same year, the BKU under the leadership of [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi|Sharad anantrao joshi]] lead the &quot;Boat Club Rally&quot; which witnessed a mass gathering of 800,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country into the boat club lawns of the [[Gentrified|upscale neighborhood]] between Udyog Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19790115-kisan-rally-farmers-throng-the-capital-with-festive-gaiety-821763-2014-12-08|title=Kisan Rally: Farmers throng the capital with festive gaiety|last=Louis|first=Arul B.|date=19 December 2014|website=India Today|orig-year=15 January 1979|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The crowd of protesting farmers who arrived with tractors and bullock carts stretched for 3&amp;nbsp;km from [[India Gate]] to [[Vijay Chowk]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boat-club-is-back-on-map-as-indias-resistance-square/articleshow/65108848.cms|title=Lutyens' Delhi: Boat Club is back on map as India's resistance square {{!}} India News|date=23 July 2018|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; Their demands were that of the implementation of measures such as control over prices of [[sugarcane]], [[loan waiver]]s to farmers and lowering of water and power [[tariff]]s during the early stages of the process of [[economic liberalisation in India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980–2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|pages=128–129|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/messiah-for-farmers-who-laid-siege-to-capital/cid/392440|title='Messiah' for farmers who laid siege to capital|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=16 May 2011|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The BKU achieved relative success in acquiring several concessions during this time period.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=201–203|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/agriculture/kisan-union-farmers-march-delhi-kisan-kranti-yatra|title=Tikait's Kisan Union to Bring Thousands of Farmers to Delhi in 'Kisan Kranti Yatra'|last=Sharma|first=Raghavi|date=1 October 2018|website=[[The Wire]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The western Uttar Pradesh branch of the union was founded in 17 October 1986 by [[Mahendra Singh Tikait]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-activists-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/29990366.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union activists not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=2014-02-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;it has 31 unions <br /> <br /> == Ideology ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) maintains itself as a non-partisan farmers' representative organisation. The stated purpose of the Union is to act as a [[pressure group]] from outside the establishment of [[electoral politics]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=168|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an &quot;unreasonable regime&quot; which serves the interests of corporations and facilitates uneven competition by victimizing Indian farmers and the farmers of other [[developing countries]]. The BKU maintains the position that agriculture should be excluded from the ambit of the WTO, [[patent]]s on products abolished and patents on process to last for only 10 years.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bku-wants-agriculture-out-of-wto/articleshow/1195702.cms?from=mdr|title=BKU wants agriculture out of WTO|date=2005-08-09|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/farmers-groups-split-over-htbt-cotton-cultivation/articleshow/70261861.cms?from=mdr|title=Farmers' groups split over HTbt cotton cultivation|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-06|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BKUs-issue-based-support-to-parties/articleshow/211590948.cms|title=BKU's issue-based support to parties|date=6 February 2002|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; The union however has come into conflict with the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] movement which it asserts creates division on [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] lines and is of no consequence to the farmers' movement.&lt;ref name=&quot;:13&quot;&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&amp;pg=PA201|title=New Farmers' Movements in India|last=Brass|first=Tom|date=1995|publisher=[[Frank Cass]]|isbn=0-7146-4609-1|volume=vol 12|pages=114–115|author-link=Tom Brass}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Organisation ==<br /> The Bharatiya Kisan Union has an overarching federal structure with autonomous state units. The state units operate under their own designation in Karnataka as the ''[[Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha]]'' and in Tamil Nadu as the ''Vyavasayigal Sangham'' which are interpreted as regional equivalent designations of the ''Bharatiya Kisan Union''.&lt;ref name=&quot;:3&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Raka|title=Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics|last2=Katzenstein|first2=Mary Fainsod|author-link2=Mary Fainsod Katzenstein|publisher=[[Rowman &amp; Littlefield]]|year=2005|isbn=9780742538429|location=[[United States of America]]|pages=185–186|author-link=Raka Ray}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The organisation of the union is modeled on the lines of a [[grassroots]] system of [[village panchayat]]s. The BKU meetings are noted to be informal, rustic and egalitarian in their structure while making use of the traditional institutions of [[khap panchayats]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=406–407|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|jstor=23620470}}&lt;/ref&gt; It has presence in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [[Haryana]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/cancel-all-stubble-burning-cases-in-a-month-farmers-body/articleshow/72249705.cms|title=Jind farm fires: BKU gives government 30-day ultimatum for dropping charges {{!}} Gurgaon News|date=27 November 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally|title=Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA|date=2020-02-02|website=The Wire|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-05}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Uttarakhand]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bharatiya-kisan-union-protest-118100200666_1.html|title=All you need to know about the Bharatiya Kisan Union protest in Delhi|date=2018-10-02|work=[[Business Standard]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-oppose-bjp-in-gujarat-hp-elections/india/news/1040001.html|title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to oppose BJP in Gujarat, HP elections|date=7 November 2017|website=[[United News of India]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Madhya Pradesh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/29/madhya-pradesh-farmers-begin-three-day-stir-supplies-affected-1983276.html|title=Madhya Pradesh farmers begin three-day stir, supplies affected|date=29 May 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Chhattisgarh]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/indian-farmer-union-will-be-active-in-cag-state-president-fixed-023040-2954952.html|title=भारतीय किसान यूनियन छग में होगी सक्रिय, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तय|date=2018-10-12|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|trans-title=Bharatiya Kisan Union to be active in Chhattisgarh, the state president will be active|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Rajasthan]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/100-villages-people-said-the-cradle-of-the-agreement-were-not-traveled-alwar-1460643/|title=100 गांवों के लोगों ने कहा, समझौते की पालना नहीं हुई तो अलवर कूच|last=Soni|first=Aniket|website=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika News]]|language=hindi|trans-title=People from 100 villages have threatened to march to Alwar if the agreement is not followed|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-07}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Karnataka]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhartiya-kisan-union-to-launch-stir-in-national-capital-from-march-17/articleshow/50266582.cms?from=mdr|title=Bhartiya Kisan Union to launch stir in national capital from March 17|date=2015-12-21|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Maharashtra]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hisar-farmers-to-defy-ban-plant-gm-ht-cotton-in-fields-today/articleshow/70080188.cms|title=Hisar farmers to defy ban, plant GM cotton today {{!}} Gurgaon News|last=Mukesh|first=Kumar|date=5 July 2019|website=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> * [[Biopiracy]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> {{Refbegin|2}} <br /> * {{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|author-link=Dipankar Gupta|year=1988|title=Country-Town Nexus and Agrarian Mobilisation: Bharatiya Kisan Union as an Instance|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=23|issue=51|pages=2688–2696|jstor=4394150}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Hasan|first=Zoya|year=1989|title=Self-Serving Guardians: Formation and Strategy of the Bhartiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume= 24|issue= 48|pages=2663–2670|jstor=4395653|author-link=Zoya Hasan}}<br /> * {{Cite journal|last=Bentall|first=Jim|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|author2-link=Stuart Corbridge|year=1996|title=Urban-Rural Relations, Demand Politics and the 'New Agrarianism' in Northwest India: The Bharatiya Kisan Union.|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|volume=21|issue=1|pages=27|doi=10.2307/622922|jstor=622922}}<br /> * {{cite journal|last=Sahay|first=Gaurang|date=1 October 2004|title=Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bhartiya Kisan Union|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263203299|journal=[[Indian Sociological Society|Sociological Bulletin]]|volume= 53|issue=3|pages=396–418|doi=10.1177/0038022920040305|via=JOUR}}<br /> * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=FhStCwAAQBAJ|title=Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014|last=Dhanagare|first=D. N|date=2016|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-96327-6|location=India|author-link=D N Dhanagare}}<br /> {{refend}} <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.bku.org.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:1978 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 1978]]</div>

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<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> <br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan<br /> | native_name = किसान स्वराज संगठन <br /> | caption = <br /> <br /> | logo = <br /> | abbreviation = <br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = <br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2020}}<br /> | founders = Bhagwan Meena&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/wheat-procurement-starts-slowly-across-north-india-amid-distress-sale-fears-120041800384_1.html|title=Rabi procurement starts slowly across North India amid distress sale fears|first=Business|last=Standard|website=Business Standard}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> | extinction = <br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = <br /> | headquarters = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = <br /> | leader_name2 = <br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = <br /> | website = {{url|kisanswaraj.in}}<br /> | general = <br /> }}<br /> The '''Kisan Swaraj Sangathan''' ({{lang-en| Indian Farmers' Union|italics=yes}}) ([[Hindi]] - किसान स्वराज संगठन ) was founded by Bhagwan Meena in 2020.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kisan-Swaraj-Sammelan|title=Kisan Swaraj Sammelan|first=The Time of |last=India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/tomorrow-at-9-am-regional-farmers-will-gather-at-patel-chowk-127987789.html| date = 7 Dec 2020| title = Farmer Protest: भारत बंद:कल सुबह 9 बजे पटेल चौक पर इकट्ठे होंगे क्षेत्रीय किसान| newspaper = Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is a registered [[Trade unions in India]].focusing on the welfare and fair treatment of farmers. It operates in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat|Gujrat]], and [[Rajasthan]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agrarian-crisis-lok-sabha-elections-bjp-farmers-suicides-rural-distress-swaraj-to-the-kisan-5625197/|title=Swaraj is the kisan’s birthright and he should have it|first=Indian|last=Express|website=Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-43362956|title=किसान आंदोलन: चलते-चलते पत्थर हुए पैर|first=BBC|last=Hindi|website=BBC Hindi}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/demonstration-of-kisan-swaraj-organization-on-tehsil-today-with-five-demands-127648583.html|title=मांग:पांच मांगाें काे लेकर किसान स्वराज संगठन का आज तहसील पर प्रदर्शन|first=Dainik|last=Bhaskar|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-ok-6565404|title=बिजली विभाग की मनमानी के खिलाफ किसान स्वराज संगठन का प्रदर्शन नौ को|first=Nai|last=Dunia|website=Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://public.app/video/sp_g66xdthyt5nor| title = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan| date = 28 Oct 2020| newspaper = Public News}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-farmer-kept-toll-for-free-vehicals-in-sheopur-6605545| date = 12 Dec 2020| title = Farmer protest: आंदोलन के समर्थन में किसानों ने श्योपुर में टोल प्लाजा बंद कराया| newspaper = Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Union]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://kisanswaraj.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:2020 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]<br /> {{India-trade-union-stub}}</div>

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<p>Gotam502: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Kisan swaraj sangathan}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date = February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br /> <br /> {{Infobox organization<br /> | name = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan<br /> | native_name = किसान स्वराज संगठन <br /> | caption = <br /> <br /> | logo = <br /> | abbreviation = <br /> | motto = <br /> | predecessor = <br /> | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2020}}<br /> | founders = Bhagwan Meena&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/wheat-procurement-starts-slowly-across-north-india-amid-distress-sale-fears-120041800384_1.html|title=Rabi procurement starts slowly across North India amid distress sale fears|first=Business|last=Standard|website=Business Standard}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> | extinction = <br /> | status = Active<br /> | purpose = <br /> | headquarters = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | region_served = [[India]]<br /> | membership = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | leader_title2 = <br /> | leader_name2 = <br /> | key_people = <br /> | parent_organization = <br /> | affiliations = <br /> | website = {{url|kisanswaraj.in}}<br /> | general = <br /> }}<br /> The '''Kisan Swaraj Sangathan''' ({{lang-en| Indian Farmers' Union|italics=yes}}) ([[Hindi]] - किसान स्वराज संगठन ) was founded by Bhagwan Meena in 2020.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.newsmobile.in/tag/kisaan-swaraj-sangathan/|title=मध्यप्रदेश की कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर किसान स्वराज संगठन के संस्थापक से ख़ास बातचीत|first=News|last=Mobile|website=News mobile}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kisan-Swaraj-Sammelan|title=Kisan Swaraj Sammelan|first=The Time of |last=India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/tomorrow-at-9-am-regional-farmers-will-gather-at-patel-chowk-127987789.html| date = 7 Dec 2020| title = Farmer Protest: भारत बंद:कल सुबह 9 बजे पटेल चौक पर इकट्ठे होंगे क्षेत्रीय किसान| newspaper = Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is a registered [[Trade unions in India]].focusing on the welfare and fair treatment of farmers. It operates in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat|Gujrat]], and [[Rajasthan]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agrarian-crisis-lok-sabha-elections-bjp-farmers-suicides-rural-distress-swaraj-to-the-kisan-5625197/|title=Swaraj is the kisan’s birthright and he should have it|first=Indian|last=Express|website=Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-43362956|title=किसान आंदोलन: चलते-चलते पत्थर हुए पैर|first=BBC|last=Hindi|website=BBC Hindi}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/sheopur/news/demonstration-of-kisan-swaraj-organization-on-tehsil-today-with-five-demands-127648583.html|title=मांग:पांच मांगाें काे लेकर किसान स्वराज संगठन का आज तहसील पर प्रदर्शन|first=Dainik|last=Bhaskar|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-ok-6565404|title=बिजली विभाग की मनमानी के खिलाफ किसान स्वराज संगठन का प्रदर्शन नौ को|first=Nai|last=Dunia|website=Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://public.app/video/sp_g66xdthyt5nor| title = Kisan Swaraj Sangathan| date = 28 Oct 2020| newspaper = Public News}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news | url =https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-farmer-kept-toll-for-free-vehicals-in-sheopur-6605545| date = 12 Dec 2020| title = Farmer protest: आंदोलन के समर्थन में किसानों ने श्योपुर में टोल प्लाजा बंद कराया| newspaper = Nai Dunia}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Union]]<br /> * [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<br /> * [[All India Kisan Sabha]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://kisanswaraj.in/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Farmers' organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Rural community development]]<br /> [[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br /> [[Category:2020 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]<br /> {{India-trade-union-stub}}</div>

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