On May 8, the AIKS organised a seminar at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh on ‘The Agrarian Crisis in India and the Future Direction of Peasant Struggles’.
It was presided over by noted poet S M Bhasha and the main speakers were AIKS President Dr Ashok Dhawale, Prof Purendra Prasad of the Hyderabad Central University, and P Jamalaiah, leader of the AP Tenant Farmers’ Union.
AIKS Anantapur district secretary Chandrashekhar Reddy introduced the seminar and AIKS district president T Nagaraj gave the vote of thanks. Senior CITU leader G Obulu and AIKS district vice president Rambhupal were on the dais.
The audience comprised intellectuals, professors, teachers, journalists, doctors and lawyers, along with farmers, workers, women, youth and students.