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	== Ideology ==		== Ideology ==
	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.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	== Ideology ==		== Ideology ==
	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.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	'''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.<ref name=":1">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>		'''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.<ref name=":1">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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	== Ideology ==		== Ideology ==
	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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

	== Organisation ==		== Organisation ==

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	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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>		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]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union terms the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) as an "unreasonable regime" 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The union has also shown skepticism towards the introduction of [[genetically modified]] crops and raises concerns that it could jeopardize [[sustainability]] and consumer health.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It provides issue-based support to candidates across party lines.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":13">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref>

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	'''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.<ref name=":1">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>		'''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.<ref name=":1">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L_JRM7CCrMUC&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}}</ref> The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and [[Via Campesina]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The national headquarters of the union is located in [[Sisauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==