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The Hindu
10-08-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Fill lakes in Dharmapuri using Cauvery Surplus Water, says AIKS president
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) national president Ashok Dhawale has demanded diversion of the Cauvery Surplus Water and filling the lakes in Dharmapuri district. Mr. Dhawale, who participated in the Dharmapuri district Tamil Nadu Farmers Association meeting on Union government policies and problems faced by the agricultural sector, urged the Centre to implement the recommendations of M.S. Swaminathan to safeguard farmers. Farmers are demanding minimum support price for all their produce. Without proper prices for their produce, farmers are facing many problems. As part of the privatisation of the electricity sector, the Union government brought in the installation of smart meters. The electricity bill will increase multi-fold because of this. The reason for privatisation is for the growth of big corporates, he claimed. Alleging that the Election Commission of India has become the B team of the BJP, Mr. Dhawale said that through the Election Commission, the BJP is including its supporters and deleting the names of non-supporters from the voter list. In the upcoming 2026 assembly elections, the BJP-AIADMK alliance should be defeated, he added.
The Hindu
01-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Kisan Sabha demands amendments to Wildlife Act, threatens action if Union govt. fails to act
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has demanded immediate amendments to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, to safeguard farmers from increasing wild animal attacks. 'If the Union government fails to declare animals like wild pigs and monkeys as pests and initiate effective control measures, farmers will be forced to take the law into their own hands,' the AIKS leaders told mediapersons on Monday after concluding the two-day national council meeting held at E.K. Nayanar Academy. AIKS general secretary Vijoo Krishnan criticised successive Congress and BJP-led Union governments for implementing wildlife policies that made it impossible for farmers to protect their crops and property. 'The Centre's policy failures are pushing farmers to the brink,' AIKS leaders said. The Sabha also lashed out at the Centre for signing free trade agreements with the U.K., EU, the U.S. and New Zealand without parliamentary debate, calling it a violation of federal principles. 'These FTAs are detrimental to Indian farmers and will be strongly opposed during a national strike on July 9,' the leaders said. AIKS further announced a solidarity campaign from July 26 to August 5 to support Cuba, which is under U.S. sanctions. Contributions collected during this campaign will be sent to aid the Cuban people. AIKS president Ashok Dhawale, finance secretary P. Krishna Prasad, vice-presidents E.P. Jayarajan and others were present. The Sabha currently has a membership of 1,53 crore across 27 State and Union Territories.
The Hindu
06-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
India-U.K. FTA deal: Farmers' outfits decry India-U.K. trade pact as threat to agriculture and small industries
The farmers' organisations expressed grave concern at the signing of a free trade agreement between India and United Kingdom. The organisations alleged that the treaty was signed despite protests by farmers, fish workers and cattle farmers, is a matter of grave concern. Samyukt Kisan Morcha core committee member and All India Kisan Sabha president Ashok Dhawale said as per statements from both the governments, products from the U.K. such as lamb, salmon, soft drinks, chocolate, biscuits, medical devices, cosmetics, electrical machinery, and aerospace will be dumped into our markets without any restrictions by slashing Indian tariffs. 'This will act against the interest of farmers, fish workers and micro, small and medium enterprises that are engaged in food processing. In the past, all such free trade agreements, both bilateral and multilateral, have failed the Indian farmers and small industries,' Dr. Dhawale said. 'Imperialist grip' on Indian economy He added that this agreement too is in that direction of past treaties and will deepen the realisation crisis in India's agricultural and manufacturing sectors and will allow the international finance capital to prey on these sectors. 'Such treaties are imposed on the people without any Parliamentary scrutiny. The central government is paving the way for yet another imperialist rule on the country. The Union government should back off from this treaty immediately. It should also withdraw from negotiations with the United States for a similar treaty that would pander to the Trump-led imperialist regime,' Dr. Dhawale said. Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) coordinator Pavel Kussa said the treaty will firm the 'imperialist grip' on Indian economy. 'Already, this imperialist grip has created hurdles in our development. Now, more foreign products will be dumped here. This reminds the East India Company's colonial rule over India. The Union Government wants to hand over the country's markets to imperialist rulers yet again,' Mr. Kussa said adding that on the one hand, the Centre is promoting ultra nationalism and on the other hand it is betraying the national interest and people's interests and succumbing to imperialist powers.
