Background
Raju Shetti was born in Shirol, a tehsil in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra on 1 June 1967.
politician member of the Lok Sabha
Raju Shetti was born in Shirol, a tehsil in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra on 1 June 1967.
He also founded Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana. Raju Shetti was associated with Sharad Joshi"s Shetkari Sanghatana (Farmer"s Organization), but due to some disputes with the latter, the former formed new organization named, Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana. Shetti was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shirol in 2004 as an Independent.
Later, he formed Swabhimani Paksha.
In Indian general election, 2009, he fought from Hatkanangle as an Swabhimani Paksha candidate, and defeated sitting Member of Parliament Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, hence was elected to Lok Sabha, lower house of Indian Parliament. His party, Swabhimani Paksha, formed an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party and joined NDA in 2014.
He re-contested his constituency, Hatkanangle, in 2014 and was reelected to the Parliament defeating Kallappa Awade. He is currently editor of fortnightly, Swabhimani Vichar and has authored his autobiography, Shivar te Sansad.
He is the president of the Swabhimani Paksha, the political party which he founded in 2004, after separating from the Shetkari Sanghatana.