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Articles for Shetkari Sanghatana

Are farmers’ outfits losing influence in the state?
1 year, 4 months ago

Are farmers’ outfits losing influence in the state?

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: There was a time – in the late 1970s-’80s – when a farmers’ leader like Sharad Joshi could pull a crowd of over a lakh to support his agitation to seek better price for their produce and prominent political leaders could not afford to ignore his clout. Another breakaway faction of Shetkari Sanghatana – is being led by veteran …

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Who is Raghunathdada Patil and why does KCR want him?
1 year, 5 months ago

Who is Raghunathdada Patil and why does KCR want him?

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Telangana chief minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrashekar Rao, whose frequent visits to Maharashtra this year have been aimed at establishing his party’s presence outside his home state, inducted peasant leader Raghunath Patil alias Raghunathdada on August 9. As Joshi had never registered the name ‘Shetkari Sanghatana’, Patil became the president of his registered organisation and this …

Farmers Maharashtra Congress Party Shiv Sena Lok Sabha Telangana
Farmers’ protest: SC-appointed committee will be impartial; well-being of agriculturalists ‘our priority’, say panel members
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protest: SC-appointed committee will be impartial; well-being of agriculturalists ‘our priority’, say panel members

Firstpost  

Notwithstanding the ambitious objectives of the committee, it is clear that the process of bringing about a consensus will be a long haul. The Supreme Court-appointed committee tasked with helping protesting farmers and the Central government in reaching an agreement will function in an ‘impartial’ and ‘unbiased’ manner, members of the panel told Firstpost. The protesters have said that all …

Farmers Protest Committee Members Laws Panel Firstpost
Shetti accepts NCP’s council seat offer during his meeting with Pawar at Baramati
4 years, 6 months ago

Shetti accepts NCP’s council seat offer during his meeting with Pawar at Baramati

Hindustan Times  

Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti, who once rattled Sharad Pawar’s politics by holding protests at Baramati, visited his house Govindbaug on Tuesday and accepted NCP’s offer of a seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti meets Sharad Pawar at the latter’s residence Govindbaug on Tuesday. The meeting between Shetti and Pawar came days after …

Pawar Leader Sharad Pawar Seat Baramati Raju Shetti Shetti
5,000 farmers in Maharashtra to sow genetically modified seeds of brinjal, cotton to protest ban on such crops
5 years, 6 months ago

5,000 farmers in Maharashtra to sow genetically modified seeds of brinjal, cotton to protest ban on such crops

Firstpost  

The Shetkari Sanghatana is opposed to the ban on GM crops as they are beneficial to farmers, its spokesperson Lalit Bahale said. Akola: Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmers’ body in Maharashtra, Sunday said it will sow seeds of genetically modified brinjal and cotton in a village in Akola district on Monday as a mark of protest against the government’s ban on …

Ban Gm Crops Shetkari Sanghatana