Central Kisan Committee meeting commences in Kannur

Kannur, June 29 -- The two-day meeting of the Central Kisan Committee (CKC), the executive body of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), began at the EK Nayanay Academy, near here, on Sunday.

AIKS President Ashok Dhawle hoisted the flag in the morning, as part of the inaugural function, and all the CKC members paid tributes at the martyrs column, honouring the sacrifices of those who laid down their lives in the struggle to uplift the lives of the Indian farmers. Ashok Dhawle said "In the light of increasing attacks on farmers and working people, the CKC meeting strongly emphasised the need to mobilise the peasantry across the country and work for the success of the All India Strike on July 9th, jointly called by the Joint Platform of Central ...