Few ministers are working against Marathas: Jarange-Patil's latest charge
6 months ago

Few ministers are working against Marathas: Jarange-Patil's latest charge

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Nine days after Laxman Hake, an activist from the Other Backward Class community started an indefinite fast in Wadigodri village, Jalna, demanding that the OBC quota should not be compromised when reservations are given to Marathas, Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil alleged on Friday that the state government was conspiring to create a divide between the two communities, “making them fight and instigate riots”. Manoj Jarange-Patil Soon after the quota activist resumed his hunger strike in Antarwali Sarathi village, Jalna, 10 days ago the state government assured him that it would issue a final notification to give Kunbi certificates to blood relatives or Sage-Soyare in one month. OBCs, including veteran leader from the community Chhagan Bhujbal, are also displeased with the government for approving demands made by Marathas ever since Jarange-Patil launched his protest last year. A Bharatiya Janata Party leader said Hake’s protest will help the state government pacify OBCs, their traditional vote bank.

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Manoj Jarange-Patil's post-poll mission: 'Marathas want OBC quota, and will take it'
1 month ago

Manoj Jarange-Patil's post-poll mission: 'Marathas want OBC quota, and will take it'

India Today  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has been the proverbial X factor in this Maharashtra assembly election. In the run-up to the polls, Jarange-Patil’s announcement that he would form a rainbow coalition with groups like Muslims and Dalits and support candidates had led to trepidation in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. In an exclusive conversation with Dhaval S. Kulkarni, Jarange-Patil spoke …

OBCs vs Marathas: The Battle for Reservation and Inclusion
1 month, 4 weeks ago

OBCs vs Marathas: The Battle for Reservation and Inclusion

India Today  

The Maharashtra assembly election has turned into a battle between the OBCs and the dominant Marathas. Prakash Ambedkar, president of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), says the OBC quotas will go after the assembly election, followed by the SC and ST reservations once the report on sub-categorisation is submitted. The OBCs oppose the demand of the Marathas and feel they …

'Win 8 Out of 88 Maharashtra Assembly Seats If You Have the Courage': Chhagan Bhujbal Challenges Activist Manoj Jarange
4 months, 1 week ago

'Win 8 Out of 88 Maharashtra Assembly Seats If You Have the Courage': Chhagan Bhujbal Challenges Activist Manoj Jarange

News 18  

In a sharp political exchange, Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal challenged activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to contest 88 out of the 288 assembly seats in the state and prove his influence by winning at least eight of them. “Grant Marathas their reservation, but do not touch the OBC quota,” Bhujbal said, emphasising that the state’s leadership, including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy …

How Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil is sizing up the Maharashtra poll pitch
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil is sizing up the Maharashtra poll pitch

India Today  

After the ire of the dominant Marathas led to a resounding defeat for the ruling Mahayuti in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has indicated that he may put up candidates in the assembly elections likely to be held in October-November. Jarange-Patil had launched a protest seeking that Marathas, who are the dominant community in Maharashtra, …

OBC yatra participants slam Mahayuti government for coddling Marathas
5 months ago

OBC yatra participants slam Mahayuti government for coddling Marathas

Hindustan Times  

WADIGODRI/ BEED/MUMBAI: Just four kilometres away from Antarwali Sarati, the site of Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil’s latest indefinite hunger strike, is Wadigodri, the village where OBC activists Laxman Hake and Nagnath Waghmare kicked off their ‘OBC Arakshan Bachav Jan Akrosh Yatra’ on Monday. Laxman Hake, after kicking off the yatra, lambasted the government for coddling Marathas and “ignoring” OBCs On …

BJP leader challenges MVA to clarify its stand on Maratha quota under OBC category
5 months ago

BJP leader challenges MVA to clarify its stand on Maratha quota under OBC category

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena to publicly clarify their stand on Maratha reservation. The three parties have supported Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange’s agitation, but remained non-committal on his demand for reservation under the OBC category. OBC outfits have vehemently opposed Jarange’s demand to include the …

Maratha quota activist vows to defeat Mahayuti if OBC reservation not granted
5 months, 1 week ago

Maratha quota activist vows to defeat Mahayuti if OBC reservation not granted

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday warned the Maharashtra government to provide reservation to the Maratha community under the OBC category or he will defeat all 288 candidates of the ruling parties in Maharashtra Assembly election which is expected to be held in mid October of this year. Don’t force us to join politics..We will certainly defeat all …

Uproar in both houses of state legislature over Maratha-OBC quota row
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Uproar in both houses of state legislature over Maratha-OBC quota row

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance’s decision to boycott Tuesday’s all-party meeting on the Maratha-Other Backward Classes reservation row led to an uproar in both houses of the state legislature on Wednesday. While the Mahayuti alliance slammed the opposition leaders for not attending the all-party meeting called by chief minister Eknath Shinde to discuss the demand to include Marathas …

Purpose of Maratha quota stir not to aggravate social tensions, says Jarange-Patil
5 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 …

Maharashtra: Maratha activist Jarange Patil 'threatens' state, demands reservation for Muslims from OBC quota
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Maharashtra: Maratha activist Jarange Patil 'threatens' state, demands reservation for Muslims from OBC quota

Op India  

The issue of reservation for the Maratha community has been ongoing in Maharashtra for years with minimal solutions to date. Muslims should get a reservation from OBC quota: Jarange Patil On Monday, in a major setback to the OBC community in the state, Jarange Patil demanded reservation for the Muslim community from the OBC quota. OBC leaders oppose Jarange Patil’s …

OBC activists suspend hunger strike after meeting with ministers
6 months ago

OBC activists suspend hunger strike after meeting with ministers

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Other Backward Classes quota activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare called off their indefinite hunger strike on Saturday after a delegation of ministers visited the protest site in Wadigodri village in Jalna district and handed over a written memorandum assuring their demands would be fulfilled. Saturday was the tenth day of Hake and Waghamare’s indefinite hunger strike against the …

Maharashtra: OBC leaders refuse to call off hunger strike
6 months ago

Maharashtra: OBC leaders refuse to call off hunger strike

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai:A delegation of Maharashtra ministers on Thursday met the OBC activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare and urged them to end their fast. Meanwhile, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange reiterated that the state government was deliberately creating Maratha-OBC rift and vowed to continue his agitation for Maratha reservation from the OBC category. The government delegation comprising ministers Atul Save, Uday …

Marathwada simmers as Jarange-Patil, Hake cross swords
6 months ago

Marathwada simmers as Jarange-Patil, Hake cross swords

The Hindu  

Maharashtra’s Marathwada region seethed with caste tensions yet again on June 21 as other backward class activist Laxman Hake, on an indefinite hunger strike, traded bitter barbs with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil over the Maratha reservation and OBC counter-protest issue even as Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis and CM Eknath Shinde’s Mahayuti government strove to defuse tensions between the two …

Jarange-Patil confusing Maratha youths, says OBC leader Laxman Hake
6 months ago

Jarange-Patil confusing Maratha youths, says OBC leader Laxman Hake

The Hindu  

Maratha youths are ending their lives due to confusion caused by quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, alleged OBC activist Laxman Hake, and Navnath Waghmare, whose indefinite fast over the OBC quota entered its eighth day on June 20. Jarange-Patil is comparing Marathas to OBC communities… even the Chief Minister has shut his eyes and ears to our protest,” Mr. Hake said. …

OBC activist’s fast against Maratha quota heats up Maharashtra’s Marathwada region
6 months ago

OBC activist’s fast against Maratha quota heats up Maharashtra’s Marathwada region

The Hindu  

The Maratha quota agitation and the Other Backward Class counter-protest raging in the State’s Marathwada region exacerbated on Wednesday with OBC activist and former Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission member Laxman Hake refusing to quit his hunger fast unless the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government gave the OBC community a concrete assurance that their existing reservation would not be harmed in …

OBC leaders should focus on ST quota for Dhangar community, says Jarange-Patil
6 months, 1 week ago

OBC leaders should focus on ST quota for Dhangar community, says Jarange-Patil

The Hindu  

Pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on June 17 said that OBC leaders should prioritise securing Scheduled Tribes category reservations for the Dhangar community rather than criticising the demand for Maratha quotas. He said that OBC leaders are “not their enemies” and assured that Marathas would support the Dhangar community’s reservation under the ST category. On June 13, Mr. Jarange-Patil suspended …

Do not touch OBC reservation, or face consequences in Assembly Election: Maharashtra OBC leader Shendge
6 months, 1 week ago

Do not touch OBC reservation, or face consequences in Assembly Election: Maharashtra OBC leader Shendge

The Hindu  

Amidst the ongoing debate over Maratha quota, resistance of another community towards the Maratha reservation is rising in Maharashtra. The OBC community leaders have issued a warning to the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led MahaYuti: any tampering with OBC reservations will incur severe repercussions in the upcoming Assembly elections. If the government dares to revoke the Government Resolution that placed Marathas …

Maratha quota: Jarange-Patil warns of defeating all leaders who oppose Maratha interests in Assembly polls
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Maratha quota: Jarange-Patil warns of defeating all leaders who oppose Maratha interests in Assembly polls

The Hindu  

Continuing his indefinite hunger strike for the second day on Sunday, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil warned that any political leader opposing the interests of the Maratha community would be defeated in the upcoming State Assembly election. With the Mahayuti still reeling under the election shock, Mr. Jarange-Patil has given a further cause for worry after he warned he would …

Quota activist Jarange-Patil to resume quota stir from June 4
7 months, 1 week ago

Quota activist Jarange-Patil to resume quota stir from June 4

The Hindu  

After a period of enforced dormancy, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil announced on Tuesday that he would renew his agitation by starting a fresh hunger strike on June 4, the day Lok Sabha results are to be declared. Mr. Jarange-Patil, whose agitation has cast a shadow over several Lok Sabha constituencies in the Marathwada region, took aim at PM Modi. …

Maratha community will teach Mahayuti govt a lesson: quota activist Manoj Jarange
7 months, 1 week ago

Maratha community will teach Mahayuti govt a lesson: quota activist Manoj Jarange

The Hindu  

The Maratha community will teach Maharashtra’s Mahayuti government a lesson for denying reservations and registering criminal cases against protestors, says quota activist Manoj Jarange as the state gears up for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Mr. Jarange, who hit the headlines for going on fasts unto death several times last year to demand reservation for the Marathas …

If I'm arrested, crores of Marathas will go on hunger strike: Quota activist Jarange
9 months, 3 weeks ago

If I'm arrested, crores of Marathas will go on hunger strike: Quota activist Jarange

New Indian Express  

The activist has been under fire for using intemperate language against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday as he alleged the BJP leader was trying to kill him. The route by which I will be taken to jail, they will find crores of Maratha community members sitting on hunger strike along the route," Jarange added. The activist claimed …

Another Maratha Reservation Bill: Is history being repeated?
9 months, 4 weeks 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
9 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Maratha quota | Jarange-Patil claims Maharashtra government planning to trap and arrest him
10 months ago

Maratha quota | Jarange-Patil claims Maharashtra government planning to trap and arrest him

The Hindu  

Even as Maratha quota agitators staged road blocks in a number of villages under the direction from Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday, the activist claimed that the government was making attempts to frame him in a case and get him arrested. But I am going to foil these with the help of the Maratha community,” Mr. Jarange-Patil said, …

Response to Jarange-Patil’s call for rasta roko ‘lukewarm’
10 months ago

Response to Jarange-Patil’s call for rasta roko ‘lukewarm’

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Responding to a call by Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, protestors staged a ‘rasta roko’ agitation by blocking roads at several places in the state on Saturday, demanding reservation for the community within the Other Backward Classes quota. Police registered 49 cases against protestors, said police officials, although they described the response to Patil’s call as “lukewarm”. He also …

Maratha activist Jarange announces ‘rasta roko’ on March 3 over ‘Sage Soyare’
10 months ago

Maratha activist Jarange announces ‘rasta roko’ on March 3 over ‘Sage Soyare’

Hindustan Times  

Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Wednesday announced a statewide 'Rasta Roko' on March 3 to demand the implementation 'Sage Soyare' ordinance notification in Maharashtra. Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil Patil declined to end his hunger strike despite the Maharashtra government on Tuesday passing a bill providing quota to Marathas. Patil has insisted on a reservation in the …

Maratha quota row: Activist Jarange announces next round of protest from Feb 24
10 months ago

Maratha quota row: Activist Jarange announces next round of protest from Feb 24

India Today  

Expressing dissatisfaction with the Maharashtra government's refusal to provide reservations for the Maratha community within the Other Backward Classes quota, activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Wednesday announced another round of statewide agitation from February 24, if his demands are not met. As part of the bill, people belonging to the Maratha community will get a quota of 10 per cent in …

Bill to provide 10% quota for Marathas to be tabled in Maharashtra assembly
10 months 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 assembly unanimously passes bill providing 10% quota for Marathas in education and jobs
10 months 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 …

Maharashtra Government Calls Special Assembly Session for Maratha Quota
10 months, 1 week 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 …

Stop issuing Kunbi certificates to Marathas, NCP minister tells Maharashtra govt
10 months, 1 week ago

Stop issuing Kunbi certificates to Marathas, NCP minister tells Maharashtra govt

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday called for an end to the encroachment of the quota benefits of the Other Backward Classes and demanded that people who obtained Kunbi certificates over the last three months should be transferred to a separate Maratha quota. The commission was mandated to conduct a survey and submit a …

Maratha Quota Activist Resumes Fast, Demands Special Assembly Session
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Maratha Quota Activist Resumes Fast, Demands Special Assembly Session

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday launched yet another indefinite hunger strike at Antarwali-Saraati village in Jalna district of Maharashtra, demanding implementation of the promises made by the Shinde-Fadnavis government in Maharashtra. The Maratha activist also demanded that the government should call a special session in next two days for ratifying a notification, which has stated Kunbi certificates …

OBCs upset with Maratha inclusion in caste category
10 months, 3 weeks ago

OBCs upset with Maratha inclusion in caste category

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: After Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s aggressive appeasement of the Maratha community and his efforts to include them in the OBC category, the BJP’s RSS-backed OBC vote bank has been significantly affected. This vote bank had been systematically nurtured over the years in opposition to the Maratha community. A balance was maintained to preserve social harmony, ensuring that individuals …

Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal did nothing for OBCs: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal did nothing for OBCs: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange

The Hindu  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on January 30 claimed the OBCs have realised that Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal did nothing for them and they will not feel bad if he steps down from his post. Senior OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal has said protests will be held outside the residences of MLAs, MPs and tehsildars on February 1 against the …

Bhujbal, Rane go on the offensive, Fadnavis tries damage control
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bhujbal, Rane go on the offensive, Fadnavis tries damage control

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The state government’s decision to issue a notification to placate Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has led to an upsurge of dissent within the ruling alliance, with two ministers, the NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal and the BJP’s Narayan Rane, staunchly opposing the move. OBC leader Bhujbal and Rane have termed the decision, which brings Marathas within the OBC reservation quota, …

Bhujbal Announces Protests Against State Government Over Maratha Quota Issue
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bhujbal Announces Protests Against State Government Over Maratha Quota Issue

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday reiterated that he will continue to oppose the government’s decision regarding the Maratha reservation. Terming it as a backdoor entry of Marathas in the OBC category, Mr. Bhujbal said, “The CM and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had promised that the reservation will be given to the Maratha community without …

Shinde Assures Maratha Quota Won't Affect Other Community Reservations
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Shinde Assures Maratha Quota Won't Affect Other Community Reservations

Deccan Chronicle  

Maharashtra: Amid the row over the Maratha quota that it will result in encroachment of other communities reservation, Maharashtra Cheif Minister Eknath Shinde claimed that his government will give the reservation to the Maratha community without making any kind of change in other communities reservation. "While giving Maratha reservation, we will keep in mind that whether it is OBC community …

'May create unrest': Union Minister Narayan Rane on Maharashtra government's Maratha quota decision
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 3 weeks 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 Protests Called Off After Demands Accepted, Now OBCs Upset
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maratha Quota Protests Called Off After Demands Accepted, Now OBCs Upset

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Saturday ended his fast and also called off his march to Mumbai. He said that the Eknath Shinde government has fulfilled all of his demands including Kunbi caste certificates for Marathas, which will make them eligible to get reservation in OBC category, and therefore the protests are now over. Kunbi, an agrarian …

Maratha activist threatens to intensify protest
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Maratha activist threatens to intensify protest

Hindustan Times  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, who is seeking reservation in education and jobs for the community under the Other Backward Classes category, threatened to march towards Mumbai if the Eknath Shinde-led government did not issue orders to meet the demands by Saturday morning. Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil and his supporters during their march for reservation, in Navi Mumbai …

Jarange-Patil refuses to budge, insists on leading Maratha quota march to Mumbai
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Jarange-Patil refuses to budge, insists on leading Maratha quota march to Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

Protesters have started gathering at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan as activist Manoj Jarange-Patil insisted on sitting for another indefinite hunger strike there on Friday as the march he is leading to press for reservation for the Maratha community under the Other Backward Classes category was set to enter the country’s financial capital. A social justice department secretary Sumant Bhange-led team of …

Maratha quota march en route to Mumbai ahead of Jarange-Patil’s hunger strike
10 months, 4 weeks 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 …

OBCs seek permission for Azad Maidan protest on Jan 20
11 months, 3 weeks ago

OBCs seek permission for Azad Maidan protest on Jan 20

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Close on the heels of Manoj Jarange-Patil declaring that he’d commence a foot march from Jalna on January 20 and begin an indefinite hunger strike upon reaching Azad Maidan, leaders from Other Backward Classes too declared their intent to stage a protest at the same venue. We have also sought permission from the Azad Maidan police,” said Prakash Shendge, …

Maratha reservation in Maharashtra: Why are OBC leaders protesting?
1 year, 1 month 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 …

The OBC challenge to Maratha quota
1 year, 1 month ago

The OBC challenge to Maratha quota

Hindustan Times  

The mobilisation by Other Backward Classes at Ambad, Jalna on Friday was addressed by leaders across party lines. However, the star of the show was Chhagan Bhujbal, the NCP leader and minister in the Eknath Shinde cabinet, who warned the government against giving in to the Maratha demand for OBC status. Bhujbal was egged on by others including Congress leader …

Government should not succumb to pressure from Marathas: Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal
1 year, 1 month ago

Government should not succumb to pressure from Marathas: Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal

The Hindu  

In a bid to challenge Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, leaders from the Other Backward Class communities on Friday staged a massive rally at Ambad tehsil of Jalna district, countering the Maratha community’s demand for reservation from the OBC share. Following Mr. Jarange-Patil’s hunger strike, the Maharashtra government decided to issue Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas with historical records from …

Why Eknath Shinde govt is working on a new law to restore quota for Marathas
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Eknath Shinde govt is working on a new law to restore quota for Marathas

India Today  

The Maharashtra government, to pacify protesters seeking reservation for the Maratha community, is working on a fresh legislation to restore the quota that has twice failed the test of judicial review. Later, the Congress-NCP government approved a 16 per cent quota for Marathas and 5 per cent for Muslims. In November 2018, the Devendra Fadnavis-led state government approved 16 per …

Jarange Patil Claims Fake Cases Filed Against Maratha Protesters Under OBC Pressure
1 year, 1 month ago

Jarange Patil Claims Fake Cases Filed Against Maratha Protesters Under OBC Pressure

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Continuing his aggressive stand against the OBCs, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil has alleged that OBC leaders pressurised the state government to file fake cases against the Maratha youths during the Maratha reservation agitation. The statement of Jarange-Patil has come on the backdrop of the allegations of OBC leaders, who have accused the activist of spoiling the law …

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