Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha

KRRS, or Karnataka Rajya Rayot Sanghais a farmer's movement. Nanjundaswamy was the president of the organisation. [http://www.mindfully.org/GE/2004/Nanjundaswamy-Passes-Away3feb04.htm] It came to lime light for its opposition to KFC shops in Bangalore in the 1990s. They are in the forefront of fighting multinational companies that try to sell seeds, like Monsanto. [http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/14/stories/2007021414890300.htm KRRS wants to change style of farmers] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.ilmanifesto.it/terraterra/archivio/1999/Gennaio/3b2891b51d4c0.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnanjunda%2Bswami%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DrwK%26sa%3DX]


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