India, Oct. 19 -- The farmers' movement is preparing for a sustained agitation over voter rights, with protests planned across the country and larger mobilisation scheduled for November 26, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) general secretary Vijoo Krishnan said.

"We believe this will be a long-drawn struggle to protect democratic rights and our right to vote," Krishnan told HT in an interview adding that farmer organisations would seek to build the movement at the grassroots rather than concentrate their efforts in Delhi.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for an action on October 23, followed by a mobilisation in Delhi and state capitals on November 26, the sixth anniversary of the farmers' Delhi Chalo march against the now-repealed ...