RSS-affiliate BKS plans farmer protest for first time in 8 years in Dec

The last time BKS organised a major farmer groundswell in the Capital was in 2013 when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was in power

Nearly a year after one of the biggest agitations by growers at Delhi’s borders ended with the repeal of the three farm Acts, farmers are once again planning to regroup in the national Capital.

This time the mobilisation will be under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS). It is an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh — the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The BKS, which is probably one of the biggest organised groupings of farmers in the country, will place two demands.

One, profitable returns on the production cost and reduction in the