Sharad Anantrao Joshi

Sharad Anantrao Joshi
Born(1935-09-03)3 September 1935
Satara, India
Died12 December 2015(2015-12-12) (aged 80)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Politician, Writer, Bureaucrat
Known forShetkari Sanghatana
(Farmers organisation)

Sharad Anantrao Joshi (3 September 1935 – 12 December 2015) was an Indian politician who founded the Swatantra Bharat Paksh party and Shetkari Sanghatana (farmers' Organisation), He was also a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament during the period 5 July 2004 till 4 July 2010. On 9 January 2010 he was the sole MP in Rajya Sabha to vote against the bill providing 33% reservation for women in Indian parliament and assemblies.[1][2][3]

Sharad Anantrao Joshi was a member of Advisory Board of the World Agricultural Forum (WAF), the foremost global agricultural platform that initiates dialogue between those who can impact agriculture.[4] 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".[5][6]

  1. ^ "Economist, agriculturist and farmer leader Sharad Joshi, was the lone member of Rajya Sabha who voted against the woman's reservation bill on March 9. He explains his reservations against the bill.§". New Delhi: Rediff news. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  2. ^ Tewari, Ruhi; Santosh K. Joy (9 March 2010). "Upper House voted for the legislation by 186 votes to a single dissent vote by Sharad Anantrao Joshi, an MP representing the Swatantra Bharat Paksh". New Delhi: livemint.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Women quota bill will prove fatal to democracy". Daily Times. New Delhi. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  4. ^ "World Agricultural Forum (WAF)". World Agricultural Forum (WAF). Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Fields to polyhouses: Joshi urges farmers to adopt modern techniques". Pune: Indian Express News Service. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Farmers' leader Sharad Anantrao Joshi passes away". dna. 12 December 2015.