[1] After the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India, there were efforts to retain AIKS as a united organization.

But soon, at the 28 August 1967 Central Kisan Council meeting in Madurai, differences arose over the membership figures.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) faction in AIKS accused the Communist Party of India faction of presenting falsely inflated membership data of state units in order to increase their influence in the organization.

A large number of peasants, agricultural workers, and working-class people attended the huge gathering.

National president Ashok Dhawale and finance secretary P. Krishna Prasad retained their positions from the previous Hisar conference.