[2] He is the president of the Swabhimani Paksha, the political party which he founded in 2004, after separating from the Shetkari Sanghatana.
[3] Raju Shetti was born in Shirol, a tehsil in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra to a Digambar Jain family, on 1 June 1967.
In year 2001, he fought an election for Zilla Parishad from Udgaon constituency and won.
the editor of fortnightly, Swabhimani Vichar and has authored his autobiography, Shivar te Sansad.
On 22 Dec 2011, he was presented with the Lokmat Maharashtrian of Year 2011 awards in Mumbai by President Pratibha Patil.