All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)

The All India Kisan Sabha (Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha) (AIKS), or All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), is the peasants front of Communist Party of India (Marxist), and works for farmers rights and anti-feudal movement in India,[1]

AIKS demonstrator in Delhi

It is sometimes referred to as All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), to distinguish it from the AIKS of Communist Party of India - the AIKS (Ajoy Bhavan). All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane) was previously known as All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road). Both the Kisan federations are derived from the All India Kisan Sabha started by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936.

Organisation

The address of AIKS is 36, Canning Lane, New Delhi.

  • National President: Ashok Dhawale
  • National Vice-president: Amra Ram, S Ramachandran Pillai, K Varadharajan, Madan Ghosh, K Balakrishnan, S Malla Reddy and SK Preeja (woman)
  • National general secretary: Hannan Mollah
  • National joint secretary: Vijoo Krishnan, NK Shukla, EP Jayarajan, Nripen Choudhary, KK Raghesh, Jitendra Choudhary, Amal Haldar and Badal Saroj [2]

Membership development chart

This chart uses the Indian numeral system

State/Union territory 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999–2000
Andhra Pradesh 2,11,465 1,37,100 2,25,137 2,25,234 1,00,808 2,15,933 1,00,000
Assam 1,44,538 1,59,723 1,01,324 1,44,545 1,18,611 1,61,277 1,44,588
Bihar 2,10,000 2,30,100 1,52,000 2,00,000 2,04,000 2,17,000 1,84,000
Gujarat 13,000 9,140 11,500 6,000 6,000 8,400 10,440
Haryana 14,500 12,500 12,300 13,000 15,000 14,100 16,150
Himachal Pradesh 5,200 5,000 6,000 7,000 13,000 12,780 10,000
Jammu and Kashmir 4,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 4,000 7,000
Karnataka 52,000 75,000 89,633 92,568 67,160 73,515 70,775
Kerala 10,05,760 12,26,488 11,91,666 13,23,562 13,33,620 17,66,606 19,45,366
Madhya Pradesh 19,000 19,252 36,012 37,482 48,965 37,534 50,411
Maharashtra 69,800 70,000 85,343 92,273 90,371 92,340 1,21,807
Manipur 5,740 4,100 4,720 5,140 4,700 4,960 -
Odisha 22,000 18,349 26,392 21,700 22,000 31,364 30,000
Punjab 80,000 1,05,600 1,30,120 90,000 1,02,000 1,06,000 1,20,000
Rajasthan 32,432 71,659 36,000 54,040 55,893 59,496 50,950
Sikkim 500 1,600 2,000 - 1,600 - -
Tamil Nadu 2,50,000 2,50,000 2,46,289 3,00,000 2,71,355 3,00,000 4,01,029
Tripura K.S. 1,01,000 1,11,920 1,26,500 2,12,000 (KS+GMP) 1,21,500 1,38,000 1,35,650
Tripura G.M.P 52,000 60,000 85,000 see above 92,000 92,000 70,000
Uttar Pradesh 89,655 1,28,450 1,26,000 1,60,000 1,15,844 1,37,499 1,15,084
West Bengal 99,54,652 1,05,38,499 1,11,06,406 1,14,59,519 1,00,55,121 1,12,18,075 1,10,11,153
Total: 1,23,37,742 1,32,39,480 1,36,25,726 1,44,49,063 1,28,45,248 1,46,90,879 1,45,94,403

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Further reading

  • A History of the All India Kisan Sabha, by Md. Abdullah Rasul. Published by National Book Agency, 1974.
  • All India Kisan Sabha (2 Volumes), by O P Ralhan (ed.). Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. 1998. ISBN 978-81-7488-403-9.
  • The Constitution of All India Kisan Sabha Encyclopaedia of Political Parties, by O. P. Ralhan, Published by Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. ISBN 81-7488-865-9. Page 1-10.
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