Devappa Anna Shetti (known as Raju Shetti) ( mr, राजू शेट्टी) is an Indian

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and former

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of India from Hatkanangle constituency in the

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. He is the president of the Swabhimani Paksha, the political party which he founded in 2004, after separating from the Shetkari Sanghatana. He also founded

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Personal life

Raju Shetti was born in

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, a tehsil in

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of Maharashtra to a Digambar Jain family, on 1 June 1967. He is the son of Anna Shetti and Ratna Bai Shetti. He did his SSC,10th Pass Bagani Highschool Bagani, Dist- Sangli In Year 1983-84, Kolhapur. He is married to Sangeeta Shetti and has a son.

Career

Raju Shetti was associated with

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's ''Shetkari Sanghatana'' (Farmer's Organization), but due to some disputes with the latter, the former formed new organization named, ''

''. In year 2001, he fought an election for Zilla Parishad from Udgaon constituency and won. Shetti was elected to

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from

in 2004 as an

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.Later, he formed Swabhimani Paksha. In

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, he fought from Hatkanangle as a Swabhimani Paksha candidate, and defeated sitting MP

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, hence was elected to

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, lower house of

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. His party, Swabhimani Paksha, formed an alliance with

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and joined

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in 2014. He re-contested his constituency, Hatkanangle, in

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and was reelected to the Parliament defeating Kallappa Awade. He is currently the editor of

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, ''Swabhimani Vichar'' and has authored his autobiography, ''Shivar te Sansad''.

Award

On 22 Dec 2011, he was presented with the Lokmat Maharashtrian of Year 2011 awards in Mumbai by President

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Positions held

* 2001: Elected as member of Zilla Parishad,

* 2004: Elected as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2009 : Elected to 15th Lok Sabha(1st term) * 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha(2nd term)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shetti, Raju Living people Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 2009–2014 Marathi politicians Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra 1967 births India MPs 2014–2019 Swabhimani Paksha politicians Maharashtra municipal councillors People from Kolhapur Farmers' rights activists