Sharad Anantrao Joshi

Who is Sharad Anantrao Joshi?

Sharad Anantrao Joshi is the founder of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party and Shetkari Sanghatana, He was also a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. On Jan 9, 2010 he was the sole MP in Rajya Sabha to vote against the bill providing 33% reservation for women in Indian parliament and assemblies.

Sharad Joshi is a member of Advisory Board of the World Agricultural Forum, the foremost global agricultural platform that initiates dialogue between those who can impact agriculture. He is also founder of Shetkari Sanghatana, an organisation for farmers. Shetakari Sanghatana is a non political union of Farmers formed with the aim to “Freedom of access to markets and to Technology”.