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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox political party<br />
| name = Mazdoor Kisan Sangram Samiti<br />
| logo = [[File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|200px|center]]<br />
| colorcode = #FF0000<br />
| leader = [[Deo Kumar Singh|Deo Kumar Singh alias Arvind Ji]]<br />
| ideology = [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| slogan = Proletarians of the world, unite!<br />
| founded = 1981 <br />
}}<br />
'''Mazdoor Kisan Sangram Samiti''' ({{lang-hi|मजदूर किसान संग्राम समिति}}, 'Worker-Peasant Struggle Association') was a mass organisation in [[Bihar]], [[India]]. MKSS was founded in 1981 by Dr. Vinayan, [[Deo Kumar Singh| Arvind Ji]] and other mass leaders.<ref name="i2"/> The following of MKSS was largely made up of [[Dalits]].<ref>Menon, Nivedita, and Aditya Nigam. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vujXq2dA6YAC&pg=PA120 Power and Contestation: India Since 1989]''. London [etc.]: Zed Books, 2007. p. 120</ref><br />
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MKSS emerged from the [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]-led anti-[[Emergency]] struggles in Bihar. Dr. Vinayan and [[Deo Kumar Singh| Arvind Ji]] had been leaders of the JP movement and influenced by [[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]]. They had founded MKSS to struggle for [[land reform]] and minimum wages. The [[Jehanabad]] and [[Gaya district|Gaya]] districts were the epicentres of the movement. The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Unity Organisation (from 1982 onwards, the [[CPI(ML) Party Unity]]) aligned with MKSS. Effectively CPI(ML) Party Unity came to operate as the armed squad of MKSS, confronting the private armies of landlords (''senas'').<ref name="i2">Nedumpara, Jose J. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=pINgUv_hxcYC&pg=PA117 Political Economy and Class Contradictions: A Study]''. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2004. pp. 116-117</ref><br />
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In 1984 the MKSS secretary Krishna Singh was killed by landlord ''senas''.<ref>Thakor, Harsh. ''[http://www.antiimperialista.org/en/node/1989 Bihar]''</ref> In April 1986 police opened fire on a MKSS rally in Arwal where 23 poor peasants were killed.<ref name="arwalmassacre">{{cite news|author=Farzand Ahmed|title=Arwal massacre: Bihar CM Bindeshwari Dubey justify police action|accessdate=13 June 2003|publisher=India Today|date=31 May 1986 | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19860531-arwal-massacre-bihar-cm-bindeshwari-dubey-justify-police-action-800894-1986-05-31}}</ref> Following the Arwal massacre MKSS was banned.<ref name="mkssbanned">{{cite news|author=Farzand Ahmed|title=CM Bindeshwari Dubey's decision to ban MKSS raises doubts about his grip on Bihar|accessdate=13 June 2003|publisher=India Today|date=15 September 1986 | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19860915-cm-bindeshwari-dubey-decision-to-ban-mkss-raises-doubts-about-his-grip-on-bihar-801232-1986-09-15}}</ref><br />
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In June 1987 MKSS was divided in two. Dr. Vinayan became increasingly hostile to CPI(ML) Party Unity, citing that the killings conducted by the party damaged the image of MKSS. One MKSS faction remained loyal to Dr. Vinayan, the other led by [[Deo Kumar Singh|Arvind Ji]] retained links to CPI(ML) Party Unity. The Dr. Vinayan faction reconstructed themselves as the Jan Mukti Andolan.<ref name="i2"/> CPI(ML) Party Unity reconstituted its peasant front as the Mazdoor Kisan Sangrami Parishad. However, the names 'Sangram Samiti' or simply 'Sangram' remained in day-to-day conversations in Bihar.<ref>Kumar, Rabindra. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VPaK3uQwgkIC&pg=PA59 Impact of Rural Development on Scheduled Castes]''. New Delhi, India: Anmol Publ, 2002. p. 59</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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Bihar: the area of Darkness, India Today, December 31, 1986: Link:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/root-cause-of-almost-all-rural-conflicts-in-bihar-attributed-to-land/1/349141.html<br />
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