Anil Ghanwat, former President of Shetkari Sanghatna (and now a senior leader of the Sanghatna) and former President of Swatantra Bharat Paksha (from 5 September 2021 to 27 March 2022), took over as President of the combined Swatantara Bharat Party from 28 March 2022.  Mr Ghanwat (B.Sc. Agriculture) is a farmer from SriGonda in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Since 1985 he has been involved with the Shetkari Sanghatana farmers movement and has been associated closely with the development of Swatantra Bharat Paksha, founded in 1994 by Sharad Joshi. Anil Ghanwat is a keen supporter of the (classical) liberal ideology, – the ideology that underpins the Ambedkar Fundamental Rights of India’s Constitution – rights that have been eradicated by Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Janata Party and now the BJP.

 

Sanjay Garg is a former mechanical engineer who came to value liberty through his own thinking and experience. He came across Swarna Bharat Party and decided to join it, given its determination to fight for Indians liberty. He decided in mid-2016 to devote his entire time and energy to the development of the party in Rajasthan. Sanjay Garg runs the Centre for Policy Solutions and is active in RTI related matters.

 

Pankaj Das has spent almost all his working life in schools - as teacher, Vice Principal, Principal, and now Director, Modern English School, Kahilipara, Guwahati. He is also currently the President, All Assam Private Schools Association and the Assam representative of National Independent Schools Association. Before joining the Modern English School he had worked in an NGO for three years. During that period he realised that India needs to change its policies. He came across SBP's work through an article in Times of India and has decided that Swarna Bharat Party offers India the kind of policies he wants.

Pankaj Das was President of the pre-merger Swarna Bharat Party from 1 March 2020 -27 March 2022