Maharashtra votes 2024: Why do the powerful Marathas want to be tagged backward?
11 months ago

Maharashtra votes 2024: Why do the powerful Marathas want to be tagged backward?

Hindustan Times  

With its admirable history of reform movements and education initiatives in the colonial British period and cooperatives-led socio-political development in the post-independence decades, Maharashtra enjoyed the status of a progressive state in India, which cast Marathas in a kind light. Shinde's government decided on 10 per cent based on the latest report of the Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes Commission. The Shinde government's move – to appease the current leader of the community, Manoj Jarange-Patil, in the face of the Lok Sabha polls – takes the total quota to 62 per cent. However, wrapped in between these folds are many strands less apparent, such as class and location: • Marathas make about 28-30 per cent of the state's population which is about the same as that of OBC who now seek to protect the reservation granted to them in the wake of the Mandal Commission, setting up a face-off between the communities. • Either 37.3 per cent or 21.2 per cent Marathas live below the poverty line, depending on the two reports, in 2018 and 2024 respectively, of the Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes.

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Maharashtra Election: Parties Tread The Maratha & OBC Reservation Factor Cautiously
4 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra Election: Parties Tread The Maratha & OBC Reservation Factor Cautiously

ABP News  

Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: With the Maharashtra Assembly elections just around the corner, all contesting parties have put their full strength into the final phase of campaigning. Until the announcement of the election dates, many political experts were saying that this time, the Maharashtra Assembly elections would centre around the Maratha quota protests led by Manoj Jarange and no political …

Why is there widespread discontent in Maharashtra?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is there widespread discontent in Maharashtra?

The Hindu  

In Maharashtra, the extensive network of cooperatives, particularly in the banking, sugar, and dairy sectors, has been instrumental in forging strong patronage linkages that have reinforced the Maratha community’s dominant hold on State power. Maharashtra’s latest Maratha quota law and its challenges | Explained However, this patronage system has marginalised other communities by concentrating economic and political power within the …

Maharashtra polls: Those claiming Hindus in danger denying reservation to Marathas, says Manoj Jarange Patil
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: Those claiming Hindus in danger denying reservation to Marathas, says Manoj Jarange Patil

Live Mint  

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar:Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil has said those who claim Hindus are in danger and seek their unity are responsible for denying reservation to Marathas, as he claimed that voters are ready to hand over a drubbing to the BJP-led ruling coalition in the Maharashtra assembly polls. Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch to voters to …

Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP Dusts Off Its 1980s OBC Formula As Maratha Reservation Rocks Assembly Plans
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP Dusts Off Its 1980s OBC Formula As Maratha Reservation Rocks Assembly Plans

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 11, 2024 16:25 IST - 9 MINS READ Before the formation of the BJP in 1980, the Congress dominated Maharashtra’s politics with the formidable support of Marathas, Dalits, Kunbis, tribal people, and Muslims. Bhagwat understood the crux of the politics of the time: the Marathas, the State’s ruling caste, which accounted for 32 per cent of the …

Assembly Polls: The million mutinies of Maharashtra
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Assembly Polls: The million mutinies of Maharashtra

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Through 2017-2018, Mantralaya, Maharashtra’s seat of governance at Nariman Point, faced the peculiar problem of petitioners throwing themselves off the higher floors into the quadrangle below to protest government inaction or delay. Assembly Polls: The million mutinies of Maharashtra In September this year, however, instead of the common folk, it was members of the ruling alliance led by deputy …

Maharashtra polls: The million mutinies that fragment the state's politics
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: The million mutinies that fragment the state's politics

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Through 2017-2018, Mantralaya, Maharashtra’s seat of governance at Nariman Point, faced the peculiar problem of petitioners throwing themselves off the higher floors into the quadrangle below to protest government inaction or delay. In September this year, however, instead of the common folk, it was members of the ruling alliance led by deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal who jumped into the …

Maratha Reservation: A Crucial Debate in Maharashtra Assembly Elections
5 months, 1 week ago

Maratha Reservation: A Crucial Debate in Maharashtra Assembly Elections

The Hindu  

The pre-poll survey in Maharashtra indicates strong support for the Maratha reservation demand, with a majority of respondents supporting the demand to some extent. While the demand received support from various communities, the numbers opposing reservation are relatively low, suggesting a potential pitched battle between the Marathas and the OBCs in the upcoming Assembly elections.

What Backward classes panel chief said on OBC quota demand for Marathas
7 months, 2 weeks ago

What Backward classes panel chief said on OBC quota demand for Marathas

India Today  

Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission Chairperson Sunil Shukre on Monday said that those seeking reservation for the Maratha community in the Other Backwards Classes should "study the Constitution". Speaking at Baithak, a conclave organised by India Today's sister channel Mumbai Tak, he said, "Quota or reservation is a policy matter. Shukre's remarks came amid protests by Maratha quota activist Manoj …

Maharashtra Assembly, Council Adjourned over Maratha Quota Issue
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly, Council Adjourned over Maratha Quota Issue

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde government of Maharashtra is trying to corner Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar over the OBC and Maratha reservation. The Maharashtra CM had called an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and asked the opposition parties to clear their stand on the issue in writing. After the question hour in the Upper House of the state legislature, …

HC issues notice to Maharashtra backward class panel over report on Maratha quota
8 months, 3 weeks ago

HC issues notice to Maharashtra backward class panel over report on Maratha quota

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission amid ongoing hearings of petitions challenging the State’s decision to grant 10% reservation to Marathas in education and jobs. The High Court, which started hearing the petitions last week, had on Tuesday noted that the MSBCC was a necessary party in the pleas as …

Purpose of Maratha quota stir not to aggravate social tensions, says Jarange-Patil
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Purpose of Maratha quota stir not to aggravate social tensions, says Jarange-Patil

The Hindu  

Categorically refuting allegations that he was indulging in ‘casteism’, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Sunday said the objective of his agitation was to secure reservation for his community and not create rifts between members of the Other Backward Classes and Marathas. Speaking in Beed district, Mr. Jarange-Patil urged the ruling Mahayuti government as well as leaders from the OBC …

Maratha reservation: Plea in Bombay High Court seeking ‘immediate cancellation’ of 10 pc quota | DETAILS
1 year ago

Maratha reservation: Plea in Bombay High Court seeking ‘immediate cancellation’ of 10 pc quota | DETAILS

India TV News  

Maratha reservation: A plea has been filed in the Bombay High Court against the 10 per cent Maratha reservation given by the Maharashtra government last month, seeking “immediate cancellation” of the quota. The Eknath Shinde government, after months of protests by activist Manoj Jarange and his supporters, had called a special session on February 22 and passed a bill to …

Manoj Jarange-Patil asks Centre to step in, increase quota limit from 50%
1 year ago

Manoj Jarange-Patil asks Centre to step in, increase quota limit from 50%

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Thursday asked the central government to intervene in the reservation issue and increase the 50% limit of overall reservation and add 10% more for the community in the OBC tranche, taking it from 19% to 29%. Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange Patil “Maratha MLAs and ministers should convince deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis …

Strength vs reason: On legislation and reservation to certain social groups
1 year ago

Strength vs reason: On legislation and reservation to certain social groups

The Hindu  

The legitimacy of any demand for a change in public policy lies in the rationale behind it and not in the strength in support for it. Yet, the community’s political dominance is evident in the fact that the State Assembly unanimously passed a Bill on February 20, granting Marathas 10% reservation in education and government jobs. This is the third …

Another Maratha Reservation Bill: Is history being repeated?
1 year, 1 month ago

Another Maratha Reservation Bill: Is history being repeated?

Hindustan Times  

Every politician who was worried about Manoj Jarange-Patil's declining weight breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as Jarange-Patil, the face of the Maratha reservation movement, called off his 17-day hunger strike. History of the demand for Maratha reservation The demand for OBC status by the Marathas was rebuffed by several Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commissions. The bill declares Marathas …

Maratha activist Jarange-Patil ends 17-day-long hunger strike, says agitation is on
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha activist Jarange-Patil ends 17-day-long hunger strike, says agitation is on

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Monday called off his 17-day-long hunger strike but four youths will go on a “chain fast” from Tuesday, continuing the agitation till the Maharashtra government starts issuing Kunbi caste certificates to extended family members of people who have such documents, allowing them to avail reservation benefits. Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil’s decision …

DC Edit | Thorny quota for Marathas
1 year, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Thorny quota for Marathas

Deccan Chronicle  

Any extension of quotas, besides being subject to legal scrutiny, is bound to be contentious and basically unfair to other groups that may be similarly placed as the Marathas in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra government, under Eknath Shinde, was pressured by the clamour for this 10 per cent quota for Marathas, more so with the agitation of the prominent campaigner Manoj …

Why Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil refusing to end hunger strike despite reservation bill
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil refusing to end hunger strike despite reservation bill

Hindustan Times  

is Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil continued his hunger strike in his hometown Jalna even as the Maharashtra government passed a bill at a hurriedly-called special session on Tuesday to provide quota to Marathas. Marataha Activist Manoj Jarange-Patil during his hunger strike in Antarwali-Saraati village demanding the implementation of the gazette notification on “sage-soyare. Both houses of Maharashtra legislature passed …

Maratha reservation bill passed: What does report backing it say?
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha reservation bill passed: What does report backing it say?

India Today  

The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday passed a Maratha reservation bill, granting a 10 per cent quota in education and government jobs to the Maratha community. The Supreme Court's decision highlighted the absence of valid grounds to breach the 50 per cent reservation while granting the Maratha quota. WHAT THE REPORT REVEALS According to the report, the commission conducted a survey …

Maratha reservation: Manoj Jarange Patil unhappy, seeks quota under OBC category
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha reservation: Manoj Jarange Patil unhappy, seeks quota under OBC category

Live Mint  

Even after the Maharashtra government passed the Maratha Reservation Bill in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, February 20, Manoj Jarange Patil, the activist who led the movement, is not ready to end his hunger strike. Reiterating his demand, Patil said that reservation offered by the state government will “benefit only 100-150 Maratha people”. Earlier today, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously …

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra assembly on Monday passed a bill for 10% reservation to the Marathas in educational institutes and government jobs even as courts struck down similar laws enacted in 2014 and 2019. In its report, the commission said Marathas, who account for Maharashtra’s 28% population, faced “‘exceptional and extraordinary” backwardness, making it a fit case for the reservation to breach …

Maharashtra assembly passes 10% Maratha reservation bill, for the third time in a decade
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra assembly passes 10% Maratha reservation bill, for the third time in a decade

Op India  

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Maratha Reservation Bill tabled on Tuesday, which intends to extend 10% reservation to Marathas above the 50% cap. The reservation has been extended based on a report submitted to the state government by the Maharashtra Backward Class Commission headed by chairman Justice Sunil Shukre. The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Friday submitted …

Afternoon briefing: 10% quota proposed for Marathas; Rainfall likely in north Indian plains, and all the latest news
1 year, 1 month ago

Afternoon briefing: 10% quota proposed for Marathas; Rainfall likely in north Indian plains, and all the latest news

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval to the Backward Classes Commission report and the draft bill based on it, paving the way for legislation on reservation for Marathas. Dig deeper Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil at the protest venue after the state government accepted the latter's demands. Dig deeper More news …

Bill to provide 10% quota for Marathas to be tabled in Maharashtra assembly
1 year, 1 month ago

Bill to provide 10% quota for Marathas to be tabled in Maharashtra assembly

Hindustan Times  

A bill to provide a 10% quota for Marathas in educational institutes and jobs was due to be tabled in the Maharashtra assembly on Tuesday based on the recommendation of the state’s backward class panel, which has said it was a fit case for breaching the reservation cap. The State Commission of Maharashtra for Backward Class on Friday submitted a …

Maharashtra govt approves bill to extend 10% reservation to Marathas
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra govt approves bill to extend 10% reservation to Marathas

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill providing 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha community in government jobs and education in a special session. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the existing OBC reservation will not be affected and his government will also ensure that the Maratha quota passes legal scrutiny. Following the 10 per …

Maratha quota: CM Eknath Shinde tables Maratha Reservation Bill
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha quota: CM Eknath Shinde tables Maratha Reservation Bill

Live Mint  

Maharashtra government-led by CM Eknath Shinde on Tuesday approved the draft of the bill for 10% Maratha reservation in education and government jobs. Last week, CM Shinde claimed that his government would give the reservation to the Maratha community without making any kind of change in other communities' reservations. The Maratha Reservation Bill is similar to the Socially and Educationally …

Maratha reservation bill for 10% quota cleared by Maharashtra Assembly
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha reservation bill for 10% quota cleared by Maharashtra Assembly

India Today  

The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday cleared the Maratha Reservation Bill under which the community will get a 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs. On February 17, Shinde and deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had assured Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil that a special session of the Assembly would be called on February 20 to complete the formalities …

Maratha quota: Plea in High Court challenges state backward classes panel's report
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha quota: Plea in High Court challenges state backward classes panel's report

India Today  

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of orders appointing Justice SB Shukre and other members of the Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes. The PIL Filed by the OBC Welfare Foundation through Advocate Ashish Mishra, the plea argues that the appointment of the Chairman and members of the MSCBC did not …

Maharashtra Assembly passes Maratha Reservation Bill for quota in education, jobs
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra Assembly passes Maratha Reservation Bill for quota in education, jobs

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly has approved the Maratha Reservation Bill, aimed at providing reservation in education and employment opportunities to the Maratha community. Maharashtra Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, presented a bill in the state legislative assembly, suggesting a 10% reservation for the Maratha community in educational institutions and government positions. Comprehensive survey findings The Maharashtra State …

Maharashtra assembly unanimously passes bill providing 10% quota for Marathas in education and jobs
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra assembly unanimously passes bill providing 10% quota for Marathas in education and jobs

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled the Maharashtra State Socially and Educationally Backward Bill 2024 in the House during the day-long special session of the legislature on Maratha quota. Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange, who is …

Maratha reservation: Special assembly session to be called on Feb 20 to pass quota bill
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha reservation: Special assembly session to be called on Feb 20 to pass quota bill

India Today  

A special session of the Maharashtra Assembly will be called on February 20 to complete the formalities for granting reservation to the Maratha community, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured the protesting Maratha-reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Friday. Meanwhile, Justice Sunil Shukre, the chief of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission, handed over a report …

Maharashtra Government Calls Special Assembly Session for Maratha Quota
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra Government Calls Special Assembly Session for Maratha Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai:The Maharashtra government will hold a special Vidhan Sabha session on February 20 to discuss the Maratha reservation issue. “The cabinet meeting has given its nod to convene a one-day special session of the legislature on Tuesday, February 20, to discuss the various demands of the Maratha community,” a note issued by the Chief Minister’s office stated. The decision to …

Maharashtra Backward Class Panel's Survey for Maratha Quota to End Just Before Midnight on Friday
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra Backward Class Panel's Survey for Maratha Quota to End Just Before Midnight on Friday

News 18  

The survey being carried out by the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission in connection with the Maratha quota will end just before midnight on Friday and it will not be extended, MSBCC has said. In a letter to all district collectors and municipal commissioners on Thursday, the MSBCC said, The software used for this survey will be shut at 2359 …

'May create unrest': Union Minister Narayan Rane on Maharashtra government's Maratha quota decision
1 year, 1 month ago

'May create unrest': Union Minister Narayan Rane on Maharashtra government's Maratha quota decision

India TV News  

Maratha quota: Union Minister Narayan Rane expressed dissatisfaction with the Maharashtra government's decision to extend all benefits enjoyed by the Other Backward Classes to the Maratha community until they receive reservation and said that the move could lead to unrest in Maharashtra. Maratha quota row On January 27, activist Manoj Jarange called off his indefinite fast for Maratha quota after …

Maharashtra Ruling Parties Leaders Oppose Maratha Quota in OBC Category
1 year, 2 months ago

Maharashtra Ruling Parties Leaders Oppose Maratha Quota in OBC Category

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: A day after the Eknath Shinde government issued a notification regarding the inclusion of the Maratha community in the OBC category as Kunbi, the voices of descent have started to emerge from the ruling dispensation. The union minister further said he does not agree with the Maharashtra government’s decision to give all benefits enjoyed by the OBCs to Marathas …

Maratha quota march en route to Mumbai ahead of Jarange-Patil’s hunger strike
1 year, 2 months ago

Maratha quota march en route to Mumbai ahead of Jarange-Patil’s hunger strike

Hindustan Times  

A march to press for reservation for the Maratha community under the Other Backward Classes category was on Thursday en route to Mumbai, where activist Manoj Jarange-Patil was scheduled to begin another indefinite hunger strike on Friday. Jarange-Patil has rejected the government’s appeals to stop the march and wait until February when it plans a special session for the passage …

Why are Marathas Demanding Reservation and What Led to the Fresh Agitation - News18
1 year, 2 months ago

Why are Marathas Demanding Reservation and What Led to the Fresh Agitation - News18

News 18  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange has announced fresh agitation in Mumbai on January 26 and reiterated that he would sit on an indefinite hunger strike for the reservation demand. While the Marathas in the past have demanded reservation for the community in government jobs and education, Jarange is demanding Kumbi caste certificates for Marathas so that they can be included …

Why did Ajit Pawar not question the State government on Maratha reservation issue, Jarange-Patil asks
1 year, 2 months ago

Why did Ajit Pawar not question the State government on Maratha reservation issue, Jarange-Patil asks

The Hindu  

Pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on January 22 said that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar should have questioned the State government over the delay in granting quota to the community, and alleged that the latter was speaking against the reservation issue. On the third day of his 400 km march to Mumbai, Mr. Jarange-Patil, accompanied by thousands of supporters, …

Maharashtra Chief Minister announces survey by State Commission for Backward Classes to assess backwardness of Maratha community
1 year, 2 months ago

Maharashtra Chief Minister announces survey by State Commission for Backward Classes to assess backwardness of Maratha community

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra Commission for Backward Classes will conduct a survey from January 23 to 31 to assess the social, economic and educational backwardness of the Maratha community, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced on Saturday. The announcement came after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil began his protest march on foot from Antarwali-Sarathi village in Jalna district to the State capital, Mumbai, …

Decoding the Maratha claim for reservations
1 year, 3 months ago

Decoding the Maratha claim for reservations

Hindustan Times  

A fresh mobilisation by Marathas for reservation in higher education and public employment has roiled Maharashtra for the last three months and sparked counter-protests by Other Backward Classes groups, which remain opposed to including the dominant community within the backward bracket. The Maharashtra population IHDS-II surveyed includes 32.8% OBCs, 26.6% Marathas, 9.7% Scheduled Castes, 9.3% Scheduled Tribes, 6.6% other upper …

Amid Maratha quota stir, Chairperson of Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission resigns
1 year, 3 months ago

Amid Maratha quota stir, Chairperson of Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission resigns

The Hindu  

Amid the raging Maratha quota stir, the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission Justice Anand Nirgude has resigned from his post, prompting the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi to decry governmental interference in the working of the Commission that was tasked to look into the socio-economic backwardness of the Maratha community. Sources said that the Eknath Shinde government was …

Why are the Marathas mobilising now?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why are the Marathas mobilising now?

The Hindu  

The Maratha mobilisation for reservation in higher education and public employment has reached its peak with the protesters issuing an ultimatum to the government. The urban crisis By urban crisis, I refer to the rapid disappearance of well-paid jobs since the late 1990s in large-scale manufacturing industries and other establishments in urban areas. Ethnographic observations and discussions with wide-ranging trade …

Maratha reservation in Maharashtra: Why are OBC leaders protesting?
1 year, 4 months ago

Maratha reservation in Maharashtra: Why are OBC leaders protesting?

Live Mint  

The row over the Maratha reservation in Maharashtra escalated as top political leaders belonging to the Other Backward Class community opposed reservations to the Kunbi-Marathas from the share of the OBCs. Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal and several other prominent OBC leaders including Congress leaders Vijay Wadettiwar, Rajesh Rathod, Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Gopichand Padalkar, Prakash …

How the Maratha quota demand divides the ruling allies in Maharashtra
1 year, 4 months ago

How the Maratha quota demand divides the ruling allies in Maharashtra

India Today  

With differences within the ruling allies in Maharashtra coming to the fore over the “backdoor inclusion” of the Marathas in the other backward classes, chief minister Eknath Shinde has stepped in to douse the fires. The Marathas and Kunbis are said to account for 31.5 per cent of Maharashtra’s population, while the OBCs are over 52 per cent. A HISTORY …

‘Inclusion among OBCs may shrink Marathas’ share in reservations’
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Inclusion among OBCs may shrink Marathas’ share in reservations’

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Several independent experts, community leaders and government functionaries have cautioned that the inclusion of Marathas among Other Backward Classes so as to enhance their share in reservations – as being demanded by Maratha outfits and activists like Manoj Jarange-Patil – might in fact hurt the community. Higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil, who heads the cabinet sub-committee for …

Does the OBC-isation of Marathas challenge the deepening of political democracy?
1 year, 4 months ago

Does the OBC-isation of Marathas challenge the deepening of political democracy?

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra politics is yet again grappling with the issue of reservation: the Marathas are seeking inclusion into the OBC category, while the Dhangars are demanding Scheduled Tribe status instead of their current Other Backward Classes status. The move carried significant implications for OBCs, as Marathas, if granted OBC status, could easily access political quotas and potentially impede the political aspirations …

Maratha quota stir is a sign of a state in decline
1 year, 4 months ago

Maratha quota stir is a sign of a state in decline

Hindustan Times  

While joining journalism 35 years ago in Mumbai, a senior colleague offered this advice: “If you really want to witness political drama, you should move to Delhi, in Mumbai nothing much happens except routine Congress versus Congress faction fights.” But as the last five years have shown, the country’s political map has altered. For the first five post-Independence decades, Maharashtra’s …

Maratha Reservation Protest: ‘Black Diwali’ in Nashik
1 year, 4 months ago

Maratha Reservation Protest: ‘Black Diwali’ in Nashik

Live Mint  

Maratha quota protests took a violent turn in some parts of Maharashtra after the state witnessed incidents of violence. Here's a 10-point guide on Maratha quota row 1) Internet services have been suspended in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district – both rural and urban areas – of Maharastra on Thursday, November 2. 7) Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on November 1 …

OPINION | MARATHA AND OBC POLITICS ON THE BOIL
1 year, 4 months ago

OPINION | MARATHA AND OBC POLITICS ON THE BOIL

India TV News  

The state-wide agitation for Maratha OBC reservation quota has intensified across Maharashtra with protest rallies being held in Pune, Nagpur, Nashik and several other district towns. Jarange said his indefinite hunger strike will continue till the entire Maratha community is recognized as Kunbi and included in OBC category for reservation. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has sought more time to fulfil …

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