Amid rumblings of a vertical split within his party, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) president and farmer leader Raju Shetti on August 8 denied suggestions of a schism.
The SSS has been buffeted by winds of discontent after Ravikant Tupkar, a close aide of Mr. Shetti and the most prominent face of the party, openly criticised his style of functioning at a recent public meeting.
Mr. Shetti, a former two-time MP from Hatkanangale in Kolhapur district, called a meeting of the party’s disciplinary committee in Pune on August 8 to resolve matters with Mr. Tupkar.
