Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS: "Indian Farmers' Union") is an Indian farmers' representative organization affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Bharatiya-Kisan-Sangh-unhappy-with-BJP-over-cotton-support-prices/246829/|title=Bharatiya Kisan Sangh unhappy with BJP over cotton support prices|format=HTML|accessdate=2008-07-02|publisher=Expressindia.com] It is one of the well-known Sangh Parivar organization.cite book
author= S. P. Udayakumar
title= Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India
publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group
location=
year= 2005
pages= p3
isbn= 0275972097
oclc=
doi=] The BKS was established by Dattopanthji Thengdi on March 4, 1979 at Kota, Rajasthan.cite web|url=http://bharatiyakisansangh.org/bhartiya-kisan-sangh-files/history-of-bhartiya-kisan-sangh.htm|title=Bharatiya Kisan Sangh: History|format=HTML|accessdate=2008-07-01|publisher=Bharatiya Kisan Sangh] It has units in all states of India, with nearly 5 lakh members.Fact|date=July 2008 Since 1986, the BKS has been active in Gujarat and surrounding states in bringing the farmers into the Hindutva fold.cite book
author= Meera Nanda
title= Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodernism, Science, and Hindu Nationalism
publisher= Orient Longman
location=
year=
pages= p247
isbn= 8178241536
oclc=
doi=] As of 2005, the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh is Babasaheb Kathwale.cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/03/17/stories/2005031701351700.htm|title=Bharatiya Kisan Sangh seeks $20-b fund for agri infrastructure|date=2005-03-16|format=HTML|accessdate=2008-07-02|publisher=Business Line]

tated aims

According to the website of the organization, the stated aims and objectives of the organization are to "unite and organize" the peasantry for the "betterment of their financial social, cultural, educational, conditions and cottage industrial activity by making available stable avenues of livelihood and survival", "to make available information and other related literature in respect of new innovations, improvements, methodologies" etc. in the field of agriculture and to encourage the farmers to adopt the same", "to emphasis to importance and suitability of age old agriculture technique, methodology and to combine the same with modern inventions so as to have ecological security of fertile soil, adequate water, seeds, cattle, plants and biodiversity", "to collect, experiment, innovate, improve and publicise the centuries old practices and usages in the agriculture field so as to benefit others as well as to protect the same from being patented" etc.

Activities

*On March 2005, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh has urged the Government of India to set up a $20-billion fund for the development of agriculture infrastructure in the nation.
*In 2007, the BKS showed resentment with the ruling BJP government in Gujarat. Dissatisfied with the prevailing cotton prices, it set to lead a farmers' agitation in Saurashtra.

References

External links

* [http://bharatiyakisansangh.org/ Official Website]