All India Kisan Sabha [AIKS] – Founder, Kisan Sabha Movement and Objectives

All India Kisan Sabha (AISK)

A significant peasant movement founded by Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936, the All India Kisan Sabha is the Communist Party of India’s peasant or farmers’ wing. The first President of the All India Kisan Sabha was Sahajanand Saraswati, who also founded the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) and was a leading figure in the Bihar Kisan Sabha Movement.

A journal was started under the editorship of Indulal Yagnik, and a Kisan manifesto was published. The All India Kisan Sabha was a well-known peasant uprising against the Zamindari System that started in the twentieth century.

It aided in the improvement of living conditions for farmers, peasantry, and other rural and agricultural laborers.

All India Kisan Sabha Notes

History of All India Kisan Sabha

The Kisan Sabha movement originated in Bihar. Sahajanand Saraswati founded the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in 1929. The All India Kisan Sabha serves as a platform for peasants, agricultural workers, and other rural laborers.

The following list contains information on the All India Kisan Sabha:

• In Lucknow, India, the All India Kisan Sabha was established in 1936.
• Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha is another name for the All India Kisan Sabha.
• The All India Kisan Sabha’s leader was Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. NG Ranga served as the organization’s secretary.
• The All India Kisan Sabha had the following goals:
  • To ban the Zamindari system,
  • To decrease land revenue,
  • To institutionalize credit.
• In the 1937’s elections, INC garnered a sizable number of seats and took control of up to 8 provinces. During the nearly 28 months that the INC was in power, certain laws were passed, particularly in Bihar, where the land revenue was set at the rate of 1911 and the 12-year-long land-tenant tenants were now the owners.
• All across the nation, the CPI took control of the AIl India Kisan Sabha in May 1942.

Objectives of the All India Kisan Sabha

The objectives of the All India Kisan Sabha are as follows:

• To eradicate landlordism and provide free land to agricultural and other rural laborers.
• To raise the rural masses’ lifestyle while also developing agriculture and industries.
• To put a stop to the exploitation of agricultural and other rural laborers.

The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, were all the targets of widespread protests organized by the All India Kisan Sabha.

• Agriculture in India
• Small and Marginal Farmers

Disagreement between All India Kisan Sabha and INC

Many from the INC leadership were Zamindars themselves, whereas the peasants and laborers belonged to a different social stratum. The class conflict took place within the INC and hampered the implementation of all the schemes envisioned by Gandhi, Nehru, and others. The INC failed to keep all of the commitments it made to the peasants. As a result, the peasants lost faith in the INC administration.

• The All India Kisan Sabha felt deceived by the INC and when Mahatma Gandhi called for the Quit India Movement in 1942, peasant figureheads such as Swami Sahajanand Saraswati urged farmers not to endorse the INC or Gandhi.
• The peasant movement began to be influenced by communists and socialists, and the schism between INC and AIKS became clear during the INC Haripura conference. The CPI seized control of the All India Kisan Sabha throughout the country in May of 1942.
• Following the breakup of the Communist Party of India in 1964, there are currently two organizations operating under the name AIKS:
  1. All India Kisan Sabha [AIKS]: Peasant Front of the Communist Party of India-Marxist; also called All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane).
  2. All India Kisan Sabha [AIKS]: Peasant Wing of the Communist Party of India.

All India Kisan Sabha UPSC

All India Kisan Sabha is studied under the ambit of Modern Indian History of the UPSC Syllabus. With the latest protest in the field of agriculture and farm laws, the All India Kisan Sabha has been constantly in the news. Students must be updated with Current Affairs related to the topic for the upcoming UPSC Exam.

For practice, students can solve Previous Year’s Question Papers to understand the paper pattern of the IAS Exam.

All India Kisan Sabha UPSC Question

Question: All India Kisan Sabha which was the first peasant’s organization in India was constituted in which year?

1. 1936
2. 1935
3. 1942
4. 1948

Answer: Option A

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