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 …
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 …
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 …
