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{{Infobox union<br />
|name = BKMU<br />
|location_country= [[India]]<br />
|affiliation = [[All India Trade Union Congress]]<br />
|members = <br />
|full_name = Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union<br />
|native_name = भारतीय खेत मजदुर युनियन<br />
|image = BKMU.svg<br />
|founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1968|09|29}}, at [[Moga, Punjab]]<br />
|headquarters = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
|key_people = [[Gulzar Singh Goria]] {{small|(General Secretary)}}<br /> [[N. Periyasamy]] {{small|(President)}}<br />
|website = <br />
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'''Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union''' literally 'Indian Land Workers Union' is a [[trade union]] of agricultural labourers in [[India]]. BKMU is politically tied to the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). BKMU is independent from both the main trade union central of CPI, the [[All India Trade Union Congress]], as well as the farmers' organisation of CPI, the [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ajoy Bhavan)|All India Kisan Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newageweekly.in/2011/06/75-years-of-aiks-saga-of-glory.html|title = 75 Years of AIKS: A Saga of Glory}}</ref><br />
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Around 5% of agricultural labourers in India are union affiliated. BKMU is one of the major unions working amongst them. The main areas of influence of BKMU are [[Kerala]] (where its state unit is known as 'Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Federation'), [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Bihar, India|Bihar]], [[West Bengal]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (where its state unit is known as 'Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Karmika Sangham'), [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/new/agsymp03/dwaa035.pdf|title = Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) (ACTRAV)}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Bbsrbkmu.JPG|thumb|left|BKMU mural in [[Bhubaneswar]]]]<br />
The 18th congress of CPI in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] 2002 decided to put priority to the reactivation of BKMU, and strengthen the influence of the party in rural areas. The report presented to the 19th congress of CPI in [[Chandigarh]] 2005 noted that some improvement had occurred, but that work was still to be done to build BKMU. The report cited lack of whole-timers working with BKMU.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/30/stories/2002033005420400.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311034603/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/30/stories/2002033005420400.htm |archive-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpindia.org/documents.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-04-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205120318/http://cpindia.org/documents.htm |archivedate=5 February 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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BKMU demands government schemes for ensuring employments to agricultural labourers. In Andhra Pradesh, BKMU has joined hands with AIAWU, the rural labour wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], in occupying lands belonging to large landlords and distributing it to poor peasants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/new/agsymp03/dwaa035.pdf|title = Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) (ACTRAV)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hindu.com/2005/08/31/stories/2005083114980400.htm |title=Archived copy |website=hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206104954/http://hindu.com/2005/08/31/stories/2005083114980400.htm |archive-date=6 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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The general secretary of BKMU is [[Rajya Sabha]] MP Nagendranath Ojha. The national president of BKMU and [[Lok Sabha]] MP from Punjab [[Bhan Singh Bhaura]], died on 3 January 2004.<br />
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