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Whose politics are Satyajit Tambe’s, really?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Vijay Gaikwad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a cold December 2025 morning. In the small village of Takali Dhokeshwar, in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, an extraordinary scene was unfolding. Workers from ‘Avada’, a solar energy company, had entered farmers’ private agricultural land \u2014 no prior permission, no compensation, and under police protection, they were erecting electricity poles at full pace. Farmers protested. Some were taken into custody. The rights of private ownership, the entries in land records, the livelihoods tied to farming \u2014 all of it was being violated in plain sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was a witness to that struggle. The soil of Takali Dhokeshwar \u2014 my village \u2014 is connected to my childhood. The anguish of those farmers was not merely a news story for me; it was a matter close to my heart. I reached out to several elected representatives. I requested some, directly questioned others. “Where will these farmers go? Who will speak for them?” Every time, the answer was the same \u2014 “Let me see,” “We’ll talk later,” “Send me a message.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a democracy, elected representatives sometimes resemble empty chairs \u2014 visible, but offering no seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starred Question No. 6688<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first session of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, I saw a name \u2014 Satyajit Tambe. Starred Question No. 6688. Subject: Unauthorised erection of poles on farmers’ private land at Takali Dhokeshwar (Tal. Parner, Dist. Ahmednagar) under a solar energy project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Something stirred in my chest \u2014 a mix of joy, expectation, and a measure of disbelief. The farmers’ struggle had finally found a platform in the legislature. The substance of the question was firm \u2014 that Avada company erected poles without prior permission, that farmers who protested were arrested, that 51 acres of grazing land was handed to the company at a token rate of one rupee, that farming was disrupted, that financial losses were mounting. The Chief Minister was required to respond directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought: finally, there will be accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what followed taught me yet another bitter lesson about Maharashtra’s politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bouquets Before the Question<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satyajit Tambe rose in the Legislative Council. The expectation was clear \u2014 the injustice on the ground, the cries of farmers, the government’s indifference \u2014 he would take an aggressive stand. Instead, before asking even a single question, he lavished praise on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s solar energy policy. Maharashtra’s solar revolution, the leadership’s foresight, historic decisions \u2014 he did not tire of the accolades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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