why Gandhi opposed Zamindars
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Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha, Champaran, Bapu, Raj Kumar Shukla, indigo farming, Dalits, Mahadalits, Bihar Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan, Pankaj, Sampooran Kranti, Jayaprakash Narayan, JP, Chhatra Sangharsh Vahini
This year's Gandhi Jayanti has special significance for Bihar as it marks the beginning of the countdown of the centenary year of the Champaran Satyagraha....
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In the current political discourse, dominated by liquor prohibition, Shahabuddin and Markandeya Katju's controversial remark, few leaders or social groups have bothered to address the plight of these people.
Comprised mostly of daily wage labourers and landless Dalits or Mahadalits, these are the activists of 'Bihar Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan', a group that fights to spread awareness among the landless on their entitlements, collectively demand land and pressurise state officials to implement the laws.
Pankaj, the leader of the group, is also currently lodged in jail with his comrades. He is known across Bihar for waging struggles against zamindars to protect the land rights of Dalits and Mahadalits.
After participating in the 'Sampooran Kranti' movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) in 1974, Pankaj was associated with 'Chhatra Sangharsh Vahini'. And ever since, he has dedicated his life to the cause of poor farmers in Western Champaran.