Raju Shetti
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Raju Shetti, is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is the president of the Swabhimani Paksha
Swabhimani Paksha
The Swabhimani Paksha is a political party in Maharashtra, India, formed by Raju Shetti, as a political wing of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana after its split from the Shetkari Sanghatana led by...

, the political party which he founded in 2004, after separating from the Shetkari Sanghatana. Shetti hails from the Shirol in the Kolhapur district
Kolhapur District
Kolhapur district is located in Maharashtra state. The city of Kolhapur is the district headquarters. The district had a population of 3,523,162 of which 29.81% were urban as of 2001...

 of Maharashtra.

Raju Shetti is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha
15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

 of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He represents the Hatkanangle
Hatkanangle (Lok Sabha constituency)
Hatkanangle Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was dissolved as a part of the implementation of delimitation in 1976...

 constituency of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. Before being elected as MP he was MLA of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2009. To become MLA of Shirol constituency, he defeated Rajendra Patil and Rajni Magdum, both were the Chairpersons of different Sugar factories. He is mainly popular for his movements for maximum price for sugar-cane and milk. He is editor of a Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 fortnighty "Swabhimani Vichar".

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