Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: A cikin 1943, Shugabancin Bombay ya ba da umarnin shuka amfanin gona na abinci a matsayin tilas ga masana'antun sukari masu zaman kansu don tallafawa sojojin Burtaniya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Agashe ya kafa kungiyar Laxmi Narayan Farmers 'Union don biyan bukatun amfanin gona na abinci daga Raj na Burtaniya ba tare da rushe aikin sarrafa gwangwani ba; wannan matakin bai shahara da yawancin manoman da Agashe ke aiki ba saboda ƙarancin riba. Bayan samun 'yancin kai na Indiya a shekarar 1947, Agashe ya sami damar fadada samar da kungiyar zuwa tan 1000 na hatsi da aka sarrafa a kowace shekara ta 1950. Bayan
An kashe Gandhi da Nathuram Godse a 1948, Agashe ko kungiyar ba a azabtar da su ba ko kuma suka lalata su a cikin rikice-rikicen da aka yi a kan gidajen Brahmin da kasuwanni.