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Endorsement for Manifesto

“I have endorsed the Farmers’ Manifesto for Freedom 2019, I hope you will too.”

This is a citizens’ initiative, and every citizen is invited to read and endorse this Farmers’ manifesto. This is an attempt to stimulate a wider discussion on a critical issue of agrarian distress. At stake is not just the future of our farmers but the freedom and prosperity of India
Lend your voice to the cause of Freedom. So that our farmers may sow the seeds of peace and prosperity. And India will harvest the fruits of Freedom.
To endorse this Farmers’ Manifesto, please register to add your name to this list of citizens, along with a brief description of yourself and your location. Register to Endorse.
NEW:
There is a new annotation feature which will allow everyone who has endorsed the manifesto to comment on the text of the Farmers’ Manifesto, and make suggestions. A rich and productive discussion will greatly contribute to updating the Manifesto in about 6 months time.
Comments and suggestions are most welcome.

The Farmers’ Manifesto for Freedom is a non-partisan document. This initiative is unaffiliated to any political party. Candidates contesting the ongoing election to the 17th Lok Sabha are most welcome to review the Farmers’ Manifesto, and consider endorsing it. They may do so as concerned citizens, where their political party affiliations would be incidental. 
Shri Mahesh Gajendragadkar, contesting the Pune Lok Sabha Constituency representing the Swarna Bharat Party, has become the first to endorse the Farmers’ Manifesto. 
Shri Sanjay Garg, contesting the Jaipur Lok Sabha Constituency representing the Swarna Bharat Party, has endorsed the Farmers’ Manifesto too. So has Shri Rabikant Bharti, of the same Party, who is contesting the Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Shri Rupesh Shanke, of the Swatantra Bharat Paksha, contesting the Latur Lok Sabha constituency, in Maharashtra, has endorsed this Manifesto.
#FarmersManifesto, #FreedomManifesto, #FarmersFreedom, #Freedom2Farm 
Over 90 citizens have endorsed the Farmers’ Manifesto for Freedom, as on April 28, 2019. They come from over 12 states and some of the major cities too.
States & Cities:
  • Gujarat – Ahmedabad,
  • Haryana
  • Karnataka – Bengaluru
  • Kerala,
  • Madhya Pradesh,
  • Maharashtra – Mumbai, Pune
  • Manipur,
  • New Delhi,
  • Punjab
  • Rajasthan
  • Telangana – Hyderabad
  • Uttar Pradesh,
  • Uttarakhand
  • West Bengal – Kolkata
Indians Abroad: New York, USA

Punjab

  • Bhupinder Singh Mann, farmer and former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Batala, Punjab
Maharashtra

  • Shyam Ashtekar, medical professional and liberal activist, Nashik dist.
  • Rameshwar Awchar, Parbhani manwath
  • Lalit Bahale, farmer, biochemist, businessman, Akola dist.
  • Sudhir Bindu, farmer and social activist, Parbhani dist.
  • Kiran Dafre, I am a Farmer son. Getting knowledge about anti-farmer laws which affects farmer income.anti-farmer laws responsible for farmers suicides. Wardha dist.
  • Abhijit Deshmukh, industrialist and farmer, Parli Vaijnath, Beed dist.
  • Anil Ghanwat, President, Shetkari Sanghatana, (Maharashtra)
  • Pushpak Gujarati, advocate, Aurangabad High Court, and farmer, Parbhani dist.
  • Amar Habib, Kisanputra Andolan, Ambejogai, Beed dist.
  • Govind Joshi, Executive President Shetkari Sanghatana Trust, farmer and formerly in agri-input business, Parbhani dist.
  • Manavendra Kachole, liberal activist, and president of Swatantra Bharat Party, Aurangabad
  • Ajit Narde, farmer and a proponent of science and technology in agriculture, Jaisinghpur, Kolhapur dist.
  • Seema Narode, president, Shetkari Mahila Aghadi, Paschim Maharashtra
  • Gunvant Patil, farmer and engineer, and former President of Shetkari Sanghatana (Maharashtra), Nanded dist.
  • Nilesh Patil, president, Shetkari Sanghatana Yuva Aghadi, Vidarbha, Ayurvedic physician and farmer, Akola dist.
  • Krishna Pingle, journalist and farmer, Parbhani dist.
  • Rupesh Shanke, Lok Sabha candidate from Latur constituency. President, Shetkari Sanghatna (Youth), Latur dist.
  • Ramesh Shinde, Unsuccessful /Defeated farmer now turnedElectric contractor, Aurangabad dist.
  • Hanumant Devidasrao Shinde, I am a farmer from Marathwada region, Maharashtra…Working with Shetkari Sanghatana and fighting for farmers freedom. Latur dist.
  • Nilay Wankhade, I’m a farmer’s son currently working a nonprofit in women’s empowerment sector. Mhaswad
  • Ramesh Zade, I belong to farmer’s family and I have seen no progress since last 25 years. Therefore this manifesto should be accepted in toto.

Gujarat
  • Renu Pokharna, writer, Ahmedabad

Haryana

  • Dr Jitender Kumar Bhatia, Assistant Director, Directorate of Human Resource Management, CCS HAU Hisar
  • Vivek Sengupta, public affairs analyst, Gurgaon

Kerala

  • Sooraj Das, Neurobiology researcher from IISER (Pune), Vadakara
  • Narayanan Sathees Babu, Post my retirement from Service, now I am a Social Worker currently based in Kerala. Farmers’ cause is dear to my heart. Kollam
  • Joseph Viruthiyel, A marginal farmer from Kannur, in the tiny State of Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

  • Dr Krishna Gandhi, educationist and advocate of reforms in agriculture

Manipur

  • Ninglun Hanghal,  freelance journalist

Rajasthan

  • Sanjay Garg, Freedom is the birth right of every individual. Liberty is the soul of happy and prosperous life. Candidate in the Jaipur Lok Sabha Constituency, 2019.

Telangana

  • Raga Nikhil Reddy, student, Mahabubnagar dist.

Uttar Pradesh

  • Rabikant Bharti, I am a hard core liberal. I am contesting loksabha election from Bhadohi loksabha 78. Farmers Freedom is immensely required. Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh
  • Ashok Chowdhury, land rights and tribal rights activist, working among farmers and forest dependent workers, Saharanpur

Uttarakhand

  • Achla Sawhney, self-employed, and a retired banker. Believes in an egalitarian world, Village Satoli, Nainital dist.

Bangalore

  • Akshay Alladi, India head of the Portfolio Support Group for the Global Private Equity fund- Advent International. Earlier with McKinsey& Company, Flipkart and Ola. Serves as a Board Advisor to the Takshashila Institution, and written for the Pragati magazine. Bangalore
  • Kameswara Rao Chavali, Independent agricultural biotechnology promoter and consultant, Bangalore
  • Dr M. Govinda Rao, economist, Bengaluru
  • K. Jaisim, architect, Jaisim-Fountainhead
  • Sheila Kumar, an independent writer, manuscript editor and author of four books, the latest being ‘Our Start-up Affair’ (Speaking Tiger, 2019)
  • Bhanu Prakash, businessman and son of a farmer, Bangalore
  • Manasa Pidatala, currently at CCS Academy
  • Karthik Shashidhar, management consultant
  • Rajesh Ramdas Wankhade, agriculture scientist

Hyderabad

  • Ajay Gandhi, trustee, Manthan Foundation,
  • Harish Gandhi, senior agriculture scientist work experience of more than 14 years
  • Amir Ullah Khan, educationist, commentator and author,
  • Ch Narendra, journalist
  • Rahul Pandit, …
  • Ganesan Shanmugam, professional in agro-input industry

Kolkata

  • Sanjiv Agarwal, Good Governance India Foundation, (www.GGIF.in), West Bengal

Mumbai

  • Kumar Anand, Economist, policy analyst
  • Paras Berawala, …
  • Rajesh Jain, technology and political entrepreneur
  • Dr Ajay Shah, economist, policy analyst, blogger
  • Pooja Shah, Fiscal conservative & votary of small government
  • Roma Shah, A proponent of economic liberties and wish to see the reduction of the government’s discretionary powers as well as its considerable flab
  • Amit Varma, blogger, author, podcaster

New Delhi

  • Vikram Bajaj, entrepreneur
  • Binita Rai Choudhury Basu, banker and social activist
  • Tirthankar Basu, doctorate in agricultural science
  • Amit Chandra, passionately promotes market-based policy solutions with experience in school education, urban livelihoods, and governance
  • Dr Ashok V Desai, economist, lifelong liberal
  • Vivian Fernandes, freelance journalist with a focus on agriculture, New Delhi
  • Nupur Hasija, liberal activist
  • Ravi Shanker Kapoor, journalist and author
  • Jal Khambata, senior journalist
  • Osama Manzar, social entrepreneur, Digital Empowerment Foundation
  • Dr Satish Misra, senior journalist
  • Barun Mitra, commentator on current issues
  • VA Ramesh Nathan, I endorse the Farmers manifesto on behalf of National Dalit Movement for Justice
  • PK Ravindra Nathan, social activist. Actively involved in conducting discussions, seminars on various social issues.
  • Prof Deepak Pental, I am an academic who taught and carried out research on mustard and cotton breeding at the University of Delhi.
  • Prateek Pillai, concerned citizen
  • Shuboh Roy, lawyer and public policy analyst
  • Raju Sajwan, journalist, Delhi
  • Mohit Satyanand, an entrepreneur and investor, with a deep belief in economic freedom and progress
  • Dr Parth J Shah, founder and President of Centre for Civil Society
  • Dr Gurbachan Singh, Visiting Faculty, Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre
  • Bindu Warrier, Dwarka, Delhi
  • Avijit Wasi, social activist working for rights of communities at the grassroots

Pune

  • Mayur Balakrishna Bagul, social activist, Kisanputra Andolan
  • Makarand Doijad, Marginal land holding farmer. Petitioner in SC against anti farmers laws in Schedule 9 of the Indian Constitution
  • Mahesh Gajendragadkar, practising lawyer in Pune. Swarna Bharat Party Candidate in Pune Lok Sabha Constituency, General Election 2019
  • Atul Kadam, Agri inputs professional, proponent of technology in life and agriculture
  • Bapu Nalage, farmer
  • Chirag Panjikar, manager in an agricultural equipment manufacturing company
  • Nitin Rathod, activist, Kisanputra Andolan
  • Honish Zaveri, a staunch liberal, supporter of freedom and fully support and endorse the manifesto for farmer’s freedom

Indians Abroad

  • Shruti Rajagopalan, assistant professor of economics at State University of New York, Purchase College, and a Fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at the New York University School of Law. United States
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To lend your support, please endorse the Farmers' Manifesto for freedom, by sending a request to add your name to this list, along with a brief description of yourself and your location, district and state. Register to Endorse.

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