Raju Shetti
SSS calls for chakka jam on Sunday
Sugar mill directors will meet on Saturday to decide their stand on the issue.
Raju Shetti to hold alliance talks with Prakash Ambedkar
The Asian Age was the first to report about Mr Shetti’s plan to take Mr Ambedkar together in grand alliance of anti-BJP parties.
Shetti group ready to ally with Congress for 2019 polls
The SSS alliance is conditional upon Cong supporting it on two issues.
Stir called off, govt to hike milk procurement price
But it rejects demand of giving a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre to farmers directly; activists held rasta rokos earlier in day.
‘Stir has re-established Shetti as strong leader’
Since then, he has been trying to gain a foothold in state politics, and the ongoing milk agitation has only helped him.
Milk supply drops by 25 per cent in Mumbai
Agitation has intensified in parts of Western and Northern Maharashtra.
Milk rate agitations intensify
Activists also emptied milk tankers in Solapur, Kolhapur, Nashik, Hadapsar, Buldhana, Amhednagar among many.
SSS workers vandalise milk tanker, firm on agitation
As part of the agitation, Shetti has threatened to cut milk supply to Mumbai.
MP threatens strike over milk subsidy
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader also demanded the removal of milk powder and butter from Goods and Services Tax.
Farmers welcome decision to hike MSP
All India Kisan Sabha’s Dr Ajit Nawale called the decision a “victory of farmers’ agitations for the past one year”.