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‘Centre’s decision to import tomatoes from Nepal a mindless decision’: Maharashtra farmer leader

August 20, 2023 4:59 pm

After importing tomatoes from Nepal, prices have fallen to between Rs 60 and Rs 100 a kilogram in the markets across Maharashtra. In July and August, the prices hovered between Rs 120 and Rs 180 per kilogram.

Disappointed with both ruling, Opposition camps in Maharashtra over farm issues’

August 28, 2022 4:06 pm

Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana president Raju Shetti in a conversation with Shubhangi Khapre reflects on some of the critical issues related to agriculture and farmers

Swabhimani Sanghatana holds protest seeking farmers’ power tariff waiver

March 20, 2021 5:21 am

Across Maharashtra, SSS activists under the leadership of Raju Shetti held demonstrations, stalling the traffic on important state and national highways. The SSS, which has its base in Western Maharashtra, staged protests in Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Baramati.

Group stages protests, demands power tariff waiver for farmers

March 19, 2021 7:02 pm

Across Maharashtra, SSS activists under the leadership of Raju Shetti held demonstrations, stalling the traffic on important state and national highways.

Supreme Court’s order putting on hold the farm bills is terrible constitutional precedent, bereft of judgment

Supreme Court order on farm laws: Maharashtra farmer leaders express dismay, say expert panel 'packed with those in favour of new laws'

January 12, 2021 8:01 pm

Former MP and founder of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, Raju Shetti, said the agitating farmers were not looking for a stay but a complete repeal of the laws.

Thousands of fish found dead in Kolhapur river, angry villagers tie up pollution board official

December 24, 2020 9:48 am

MPCB regional officer Sachin Harbad, who visited the village to inspect the riverbed where the fish were found, was accosted by the villagers and tied up to a stone structure.

Swabhimani Paksha’s ‘alliance’ with Congress-NCP: The case for and against it

March 03, 2019 7:48 am

Swabhimani Paksha leader MP Raju Shetti cites ‘preservation of Constitutional ethos’ as the reason for the likely alliance, some leaders of his party may not find it easy to put aside years of political and ideological differences to forge such a tie-up.