Guwahati, Nov. 19: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) will start a 250km march from Nagaon to Guwahati tomorrow.

The peasants' group in Assam has organised this march to protest "religious intolerance" allegedly encouraged by the Narendra Modi government, alleged corruption by the Congress government in the state and demand land rights for indigenous landless people.

KMSS adviser Akhil Gogoi today said over 5,000 farmers from across the state would begin the march from Kaki in central Assam's Nagaon district at 8am and will cover at least 25km in a day.

The KMSS's political wing, Gana Mukti Sangram Asom, its students, women and tea garden workers' wing will also take part in the march.

"Through the march, we will try to create a mass movement against the BJP's attempt to divide our diverse society on the lines of religion. Prices of essential commodities, medicines and construction materials have spiralled after the Modi government assumed office at the Centre. In order to divert public attention from its failure to contain prices and pro-corporate policies, fringe organisations of the BJP such as the RSS and Bajrang Dal are resorting to communal acts," Akhil said.

"At the same time, the Tarun Gogoi government in the state has failed to address a single major problem and misused funds during its 14 years in power at will," he added.

The KMSS leader said the Modi government did not act against such organisations despite countrywide protests and returning of awards by writers and intellectuals. "It has not even learnt its lessons from the humiliating defeat in the Bihar elections and hiked the service tax from 14 per cent to 14.50 earlier this month. The government had increased the service tax from 12.36 per cent to 14 per cent on June 1 last year. Hike in service tax will further increase rail fare, airfare, hotel bills, insurance bills and others and will directly affect general people," he said.

The KMSS leader said protesting the state government's failure to enact a new land policy was one of the important agendas of their march.

"Following our continuous protests, chief minister Tarun Gogoi had given us a written assurance on November 10, 2013, that he would enact a new land policy to protect land rights of the landless people. But Gogoi has failed to keep his promise. The state government has failed to enact a fresh policy to offer land deeds to the landless indigenous people where as it has been giving land to rich businessmen and corporate groups," Akhil said.

The KMSS has been demanding 12 bighas for landless farmers in rural areas and 1.5 kothas for urban landless people.