Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

Not to be confused with Bharatiya Kisan Union.

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
AbbreviationBKS
Formation4 March 1979 (45 years ago) (1979-03-04)
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Region served
India
Parent organization
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Websitebharatiyakisansangh.org

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) (English: Indian Farmers' Union) is an Indian farmers' organization that is politically linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. BKS was founded by Dattopant Thengadi in 1978. As of 2000, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh claimed BKS had a quarter million members, organized in 11,000 villages and 301 districts across the country.[1] The organization is dominated by landed gentry.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jaffrelot2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Prakash Louis (2000). The Emerging Hindutva Force: The Ascent of Hindu Nationalism. Indian Social Institute. p. 63. ISBN 978-81-87218-31-9.