"An Organization Of Farmers "Bhartiya Kisan Sangh"
India is an agriculture predominant country. Farmers and agriculture
as well as agro based businesses are the main strength of our
nation. Indian nation's expression cannot be visualized without
farmer and agriculture. In spite of such good growth and development
all around the world, the Indian village based farmer is feeling
cheated and helpless. He seems to have been left behind in the pace
of development. Many organizations of Nation are trying to rectify
this anomaly but most of them are either month pieces of some
individual (or individuals), or either associated with political
parties. These are using farmers to meet their own selfish ends or
to fulfill high personal ambitions. The need of the hour at present
is to have a non political organization which can awaken the farmers
towards creatively achieving their just rights without forgetting
their duties as citizens of the country.
Introduction
Realizing above situation and need, nation's great thinker of
international repute the Right Honorable Dattopantji Thengdi made
great efforts to raise an organization of Indian farmers with non
political nationalist ideology.
Under
the able guidance of Shri Thengdiji, Shri Bhau Saheb Bhaskuteji as
the guiding soul, formed for the first time Bhartiya Kisan Sangh in
Madhya Pradesh in 1978 and began its activities after getting the
organization duely registered. The first meeting and the
registration took place in the Kasera Dharamsala of Hoshangabad
distt. Next year Shri Bhaskuteji travelled the whole nation length
and breadth over motivated 650 farmer representatives and organized
their first conference at Kota (Rajasthan) on the 3rd, 4th and 5th
of March 1979. In this very conference the all India organization of
Indian farmers - The "Bhartiya Kisan Sangh" was established on 4th
March by Shri Thengdiji. On this very occasion Shri Thengdiji
declared emphatically and in clear words that this "Organization
would be a non political body of the farmers, for the farmers and by
the farmers"
Stead
fastly working according to the opening declarations given above,
the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh is progressing positively and at present is
the nations largest organization of farmers.
Movements Based
In democracy to maintain the farmers honor, in creative struggles
against the system the most effective method is non violent
movements and demonstrations.
Thus
maintaining the constitutional norms and conventions of democracy
the BKS has organized many movements and is continuing some of them
at present, according to its numerical and moral strength. The BKS
has been successful in most of them. It has given its stand on some
of the outstanding issues of times, and the opinion has been
universally accepted and abided.
Flag
The flag of BKS is ochre coloured, signifying nations history,
tradition and life. Ochre being similar to that of morning light
signifies regularity and radiance like that of sun. Like fire it
signifies purity and power, as robes of seers and monks it denotes
knowledge and renunciation. To sum up the ochre flag is a symbol of
noble ancient eternal Indian Culture. To have uniformity in flag,
this has been kept rectangular with ratio of length : breadth at
3:2. In the centre of the flag is embossed the emblem of BKS
Emblem
This
emblem has three features the globe (simply denoted), mother India
(map shown) and the plough. This symbol was accepted in the first
session of BKS.
Motto
(Krishi
Mit Krishaswa) meaning do farming itself. This phrase is a part of
larger Rg Vedic mantra from Akshdevan Suktam which means Don't
gamble, do farming itself, and live graciously on its earnings.
