Social Activist | Founder, Global Vikas Trust | Empowering Farmers & Leading Sustainable Change | Led India Against Corruption Movement | Ex Urban Planner
Jul 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
As we went around Marathwada, we realized that “Farmer’s children had no interest in farming”. What will happen to this nation after 20 years? We focused on youth, training and technology. Here is an interesting case study of the result of that work 1/n
1.Sugandh does not want to migrate any more:
Sugandh Rupnar (age 26) (ph 93700 17299) used to be a small-time farmer annually earning Rs 10,500 per acre growing soya and cotton in Parchundi village, in Beed district of Maharashtra. 2/n
Jan 29, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
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Leading movement is like riding tiger. Leadership has to be very vigilant to ensure that forces inimical to cause do not enter or hijack it. When I was leading the IAC movement in Maha, many times politicians and agenda driven ppl tried to infiltrate who we rebuffed 1/n
Controlling and orchestrating moof of agitators is most important. When Anna refused to come out of jail in August 2011, the crowd was v.angry and close to violence. To cool down temperatures,I fasted for 3days, till protesters promised that they will not do anything rash. 2/n
Mar 10, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
*PERSONAL*
Since quitting the strife-filled politics at the right time, I have found so much positivity as well as meaning and purpose of life. Have been feeling emotional and overwhelmed lately.
And today, when a farmer from Parli sent a Tiktok video, just felt like sharing that life is so amazing and wonderful. Was just counting the blessings
AAP won nearly 96 per cent of the seats in 2015 elections with precisely same EVMs. Congress has since won 4 states using same EVMs. Should there be re-elections?
2/n I was a candidate in 2014 LS elections.Few days before poll, scores of our volunteers were called for ‘EVM checking’. They were allowed to select machines randomly and press buttons multiple times to confirm that their votes were being registered correctly.