Editing All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)

{{short description|Farmers' wing of Communist Pary of India (Marxist)}}
{{For-multi|the earlier Kisan Sabha|Kisan Sabha (1919–1922)|the farmers' wing of CPI|All India Kisan Sabha}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox organization
| name          = All India Kisan Sabha
| logo          = AIKS logo.jpg
| abbreviation  = AIKS
| type          = Peasant Organisation
| status        = Active
| headquarters  = Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhavan, 36 Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Ln, Copernicus Marg, [[New Delhi, India]]–110001
| leader_title  = President
| leader_name   = [[Ashok Dhawale]]
| leader_title2 = General Secretary
| leader_name2  = [[Vijoo Krishnan]]
| affiliations  = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| website       = {{URL|kisansabha.org}}
}}

The '''All India Kisan Sabha''' (AIKS), or '''Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha''', is the peasant front of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and works for farmer's rights, peasant rights, and anti-feudal movement in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2009-02-24 |title=The Hindu Business Line : AP agri body seeks aid to tenant farmers |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224191532/http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/blnus/07141250.htm |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>

This organization is sometimes referred to as '''All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)''', to distinguish it from the [[All India Kisan Sabha]] of [[Communist Party of India]]. All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane) was previously known as '''All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)'''.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
{{further|1964 split in the Communist Party of India}}
After the [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India]], there were efforts to retain [[All India Kisan Sabha|AIKS]] as a united organization. However, there were tensions between the leftist and rightist factions within the AIKS. But soon, at the 28 August 1967 Central Kisan Council meeting in Madurai, differences arose over the membership figures. The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] faction in AIKS accused the [[Communist Party of India]] faction of presenting falsely inflated membership data of state units in order to increase their influence in the organization. The dispute led to a walk-out from the Central Kisan Council. Due to the disruptive activities of those leaders, finally, there was a split in the Kisan Sabha, and another Kisan Sabha was constituted in October 1967, after a section of the leadership left the AIKS and formed a separate Sabha.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Mollah |first=Hannan |author-link=Hannan Mollah |url=https://kisansabha.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hannanbook.pdf |title=An Outline History of All India Kisan Sabha |publisher=P. Sundarayya Memorial Trust and [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] |year=2018 |language=English}}</ref>
[[File:Basu, Ranadive, Mukherjee, Basavapunnaiah, and Konar in the conference of AIKS held in Barsul in 1969.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jyoti Basu|Basu]], [[B. T. Ranadive|Ranadive]], [[Samar Mukherjee|Mukherjee]], [[Makineni Basavapunnaiah|Basavapunnaiah]], and [[Hare Krishna Konar|Konar]] in the conference of AIKS held in [[Barshul|Barsul, West Bengal]] in 1969]]
As a result, the CPI faction constitutes a parallel [[All India Kisan Sabha]] of its own by holding their 19th All India Conference at [[Amravati, Maharashtra]], in January 1968. And the CPI(M) faction constitutes All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane) by holding its 19th All India Conference at [[Madurai, Tamil Nadu]], on January 26-28, 1968. In Madurai, the conference amended its constitution and abolished AIKC as it rarely met. As there was no AIKC, the conference directly elected the CKC and office bearers for the first time. The conference elected [[A. K. Gopalan]] as its president, and [[Hare Krishna Konar]] was elected the general secretary. The conference also elected a 33-member CKC, including office bearers. On the last evening, a public rally was held at Madurai. A large number of peasants, agricultural workers, and working-class people attended the huge gathering. It was addressed by [[Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri|J. S. Lyallpuri]], [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], [[P. Ramamurthi]], and others. A decision was taken to shift the central office. The Central Office of the Kisan Sabha was shifted from Delhi, 4 Ashoka Road, in April 1968, to Calcutta, first at 49 Lake Place and then to 36A Beniapukur Road, Calcutta 14.<ref name=":1" />

==National office bearers==
The 35th All India Conference held at [[Thrissur, Kerala]] from 13–16 December 2022 elected [[Vijoo Krishnan]] as the general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha. National president [[Ashok Dhawale]] and finance secretary [[P. Krishna Prasad]] retained their positions from the previous [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership – All India Kisan Sabha |url=https://kisansabha.org/leadership/#1672129144902-8a517cda-e9c3 |access-date=2024-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! National Conference !! Date !! Place !! President !! General Secretary
|-
|19th||26–28 January 1968||[[Madurai]]
|rowspan=4|[[A. K. Gopalan]]
|rowspan=4|[[Hare Krishna Konar]]
|-
|20th||30 October–3 November 1969||[[Barshul|Barsul]]
|-
|21st||23–26 September 1971||[[Rurka Kalan]]
|-
|22nd||11–14 April 1974||[[Sikar]]
|-
|23rd||30 March–1 April 1979||[[Varanasi]]||[[Benoy Choudhury]]||K. Chathunni
|-
|24th||8–11 November 1982||[[Midnapore]]||Udaraju Raman||Santimoy Ghosh
|-
|25th||17–19 May 1986||[[Patna]]||[[Godavari Parulekar]]||[[N. Sankaraiah]]
|-
|26th||27–30 April 1989||[[Khammam]]||[[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]]
|rowspan=2|[[Ram Narayan Goswami]]
|-
|27th||27–30 September 1992||[[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]||[[N. Sankaraiah]]
|-
|28th||19–20 November 1995||[[Cuttack]]||[[Benoy Krishna Konar]]||[[S. Ramachandran Pillai]]
|-
|29th||5–8 March 1999||[[Kozhikode]]
|rowspan=4|[[S. Ramachandran Pillai]]
|rowspan=4|[[K. Varadarajan]]
|-
|30th||6–9 March 2003||[[Jalandhar]]
|-
|31st||28–31 January 2006||[[Nashik]]
|-
|32nd||7–10 January 2010||[[Guntur]]
|-
|33rd||24–27 July 2013||[[Cuddalore]]||[[Amra Ram]]
|rowspan=2|[[Hannan Mollah]]
|-
|34th||3–6 October 2017||[[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]
|rowspan=2|[[Ashok Dhawale]]
|-
|35th||13–16 December 2022||[[Thrissur]]||[[Vijoo Krishnan]]
|}

== Membership chart ==
''This chart uses the Indian numeral system''
{| cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1
|- COLOUR="#FGHY00"
| '''State/Union territory'''
| 1993-94
| 1994-95
| 1995-96
| 1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99
| 1999–2000
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| 2,11,465
| 1,37,100
| 2,25,137
| 2,25,234
| 1,00,808
| 2,15,930
| 1,00,000
|-
| [[Assam]]
| 1,44,538
| 1,59,723
| 1,01,324
| 1,44,545
| 1,18,611
| 1,61,277
| 1,44,588
|-
| [[Bihar, India|Bihar]]
| 2,10,000
| 2,30,100
| 1,52,000
| 2,00,000
| 2,04,000
| 2,17,000
| 1,84,000
|-
| [[Gujarat]]
| 13,000
| 9,140
| 11,500
| 6,000
| 6,000
| 8,400
| 10,440
|-
| [[Haryana]]
| 14,500
| 12,500
| 12,300
| 13,000
| 15,000
| 14,100
| 16,150
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| 5,200
| 5,000
| 6,000
| 7,000
| 13,000
| 12,780
| 10,000
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4,500
| 5,000
| 5,000
| 5,000
| 6,000
| 4,000
| 7,000
|-
| [[Karnataka]]
| 52,000
| 75,000
| 89,633
| 92,568
| 67,160
| 73,515
| 70,775
|-
| [[Kerala]]
| 10,05,760
| 12,26,488
| 11,91,666
| 13,23,562
| 13,33,620
| 17,66,606
| 19,45,366
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 19,000
| 19,252
| 36,012
| 37,482
| 48,965
| 37,534
| 50,411
|-
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 69,800
| 70,000
| 85,343
| 92,273
| 90,371
| 92,340
| 1,21,807
|-
| [[Manipur]]
| 5,740
| 4,100
| 4,720
| 5,140
| 4,700
| 4,960
| -
|-
| [[Odisha]]
| 22,000
| 18,349
| 26,392
| 21,700
| 22,000
| 31,364
| 30,000
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| 80,000
| 1,05,600
| 1,30,120
| 90,000
| 1,02,000
| 1,06,000
| 1,20,000
|-
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 32,432
| 71,659
| 36,000
| 54,040
| 55,893
| 59,496
| 50,950
|-
| [[Sikkim]]
| 500
| 1,600
| 2,000
| -
| 1,600
| -
| -
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| 2,50,000
| 2,50,000
| 2,46,289
| 3,00,000
| 2,71,355
| 3,00,000
| 4,01,029
|-
| [[Tripura]] K.S.
| 1,01,000
| 1,11,920
| 1,26,500
| 2,12,000 (KS+GMP)
| 1,21,500
| 1,38,000
| 1,35,650
|-
| [[Tripura]] [[Ganamukti Parishad|G.M.P]]
| 52,000
| 60,000
| 85,000
| see above
| 92,000
| 92,000
| 70,000
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 89,655
| 1,28,450
| 1,26,000
| 1,60,000
| 1,15,844
| 1,37,499
| 1,15,084
|-
| [[West Bengal]]
| 99,54,652
| 1,05,38,499
| 1,11,06,406
| 1,14,59,519
| 1,00,55,121
| 1,12,18,075
| 1,10,11,153
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 1,23,37,742
| 1,32,39,480
| 1,36,25,726
| 1,44,49,063
| 1,28,45,248
| 1,46,90,879
| 1,45,94,403
|}

== Activities ==
=== Protest against three Agri-bills ===
[[File:AIKS demonstration2005.jpg|thumb|AIKS demonstrators in [[Delhi]]]]
AIKS led nationwide protests against Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

* '''26 January 2021''': AIKS organized tractor rally in national capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/farmers-delhi-police-gear-up-for-republic-day-tractor-rally-unions-announce-parliament-march-on-1-feb-9238731.html|title=Farmers, Delhi Police gear up for Republic Day tractor rally; unions announce Parliament march on 1 Feb|newspaper=[[First Post]]|date=26 January 2021|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/delhi-police-flags-threat-to-farmers-tractor-rally-on-january-26-121012500005_1.html|title=Delhi Police flags threat to farmers' tractor rally on January 26|newspaper=[[Business Standard, India]]|publisher=Agencies|date=24 January 2021|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''25 January 2021''':  50,000 farmers from various regions of Maharashtra marched towards the Raj Bhavan and submitted its charter of demands to Governor Bhagat Singh Kosyari.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jan/24/farm-laws-50000-maharashtra-farmers-will-march-towards-raj-bhavan-onmonday-2254582.html|title=Farm Laws: 50,000 Maharashtra farmers will march towards Raj Bhavan on Monday|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=24 January 2021|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''24 January 2021''': 20,000 farmers’ vehicle march from Golfclub Maidan in Nashik to Mumbai, Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/aiks-organizes-20000-strong-vehicle-march-from-nashik-to-mumbai-2074659/|title=AIKS organizes 20,000-strong vehicle March from Nashik to Mumbai|newspaper=[[The Siasat Daily]]|access-date=26 January 2021|date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* ''A History of the All India Kisan Sabha'', by Md. Abdullah Rasul. Published by National Book Agency, 1974.
* ''All India Kisan Sabha'' (2 volumes), by O. P. Ralhan (ed.). Published by Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1998. {{ISBN|978-81-7488-403-9}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=729dKCZwym8C&pg (pp.&nbsp;1–10), by O. P. Ralhan.] Published by Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. {{ISBN|81-7488-865-9}}.

== External links ==
* [http://kisansabha.org/ AIKS Official website]
* [https://x.com/kisansabha/ AIKS Official X–Handle]
* [https://www.facebook.com/KisanSabha.org/ AIKS Official Facebook]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030311/mar10icev5-56k.ram Newsreport on 2003 AIKS conference in Jullundhur]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050217141119/http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/latest/unlead.htm PRESS RELEASE BY NATIONAL FARMER UNION LEADERS]

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