During the decade of 1980s a spate of peasant movements began to envelop different parts of India, which were for the first time differed from the earlier movements in terms of strategies, discourses, politics and agendas. It all began in Maharastra under Shetkari Sangathana, then spread to Karnataka under Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), later on in Uttar Pradesh movement came under the influence of Bharatiya Kisan Union. The specific characteristics of ...
