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Nanded bypoll a battle of prestige for Cong, BJP
1 month, 1 week ago

Nanded bypoll a battle of prestige for Cong, BJP

Hindustan Times  

Nanded: The bypoll to the Nanded Lok Sabha constituency – necessitated due to the demise of Congress MP Vasantrao Chavan soon after the elections earlier this year – has emerged as a high stakes battle for the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. The BJP has opted for its district president Santuk Hambarde over former MP Pratap Chikhalikar, who lost …

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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 …

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Maratha Reservation: A Crucial Debate in Maharashtra Assembly Elections
2 months 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.

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Response to Jarange-Patil’s call for rasta roko ‘lukewarm’
9 months, 4 weeks 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 …

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Will Eknath Shinde’s move lead to Maratha Vs OBC war in state?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Eknath Shinde’s move lead to Maratha Vs OBC war in state?

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: “I had taken an oath which I fulfilled today,” said chief minister Eknath Shinde, standing next to Manoj Jarange-Patil, in Vashi on Saturday, as a teeming crowd of Marathas facing them cheered. Navi Mumbai, India - Jan. 27, 2024:Maratha Quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil ends protest after Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Government accepts all demands at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj …

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Gloves are finally off between uncle and nephew
1 year ago

Gloves are finally off between uncle and nephew

Hindustan Times  

Since June this year, when Ajit Pawar split the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state, there have been speculations that he had a tacit understanding with his uncle Sharad Pawar. HT Image Ajit has alleged that Pawar himself had asked party legislator Jitendra Awhad and some others to organise protests after he resigned as …

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Stuck in Quota Battle with No Deputies Around, Will Shinde Help BJP Ride Caste Wave in 2024? - News18
1 year, 1 month ago

Stuck in Quota Battle with No Deputies Around, Will Shinde Help BJP Ride Caste Wave in 2024? - News18

News 18  

It is evident that the demand for Maratha reservation has taken centre-stage in Maharashtra politics once again, but the same issue could be a thorn in the step of the Mahayuti in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as well, given that, this time, the OBC community is fuming with the idea of all Marathas getting quota under the ‘Kunbi’ caste. …

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Maratha quota demand first raised in 1997: All about its long legal battle
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha quota demand first raised in 1997: All about its long legal battle

India Today  

The demand for a reservation for the Marathas, that has led to raging violence across Maharashtra, saw a long legal battle with the Supreme Court in 2021, that resulted in the court calling the issue "unconstitutional". The High court said that the 50 per cent ceiling on the reservation set by the Supreme Court in the Indra Sawhney judgment of …

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CONTROVERSY | Maratha reservation issue still on the boil in Maharashtra even after Manoj Jarange de-escalates his agitation
1 year, 3 months ago

CONTROVERSY | Maratha reservation issue still on the boil in Maharashtra even after Manoj Jarange de-escalates his agitation

The Hindu  

Police crackdown on Maratha protesters in Antarwali Sarati ignites a fierce political battle, putting the government on the defensive. That’s why Sharad Pawar is trying to target him.” However, the charge against the State government for the police lathicharge resonated across the State, with every rally held by the Maratha community blaming the government for it. In 2018, after receiving …

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Existing OBCs strongly oppose OBC status to Marathas
1 year, 3 months ago

Existing OBCs strongly oppose OBC status to Marathas

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Faced with the fresh, aggressive agitation by Marathas across the state, the Maharashtra government finds itself between a rock and a hard place. “The district machinery will verify the claims of the castes by checking family trees and records in educational institutions.” Virendra Pawar, coordinator of the Maratha Kranti Morcha, the umbrella organisation of Maratha outfits, said that the …

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Understanding the Maratha influence in Maharashtra politics
1 year, 5 months ago

Understanding the Maratha influence in Maharashtra politics

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 12, 2023 15:30 IST - 7 MINS READ Maharashtra politics never fails to amuse and intrigue onlookers. For this reason the control of these people has to be cleverly devised.” Highlights Politics in Maharashtra, much like in the past, is dominated by the Maratha elites and their kinship networks. “Marathas control nearly 54 per cent of educational …

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Tipu Sultan: When an Islamist tyrant is turned into a freedom fighter, missile man and dharma saviour
2 years, 8 months ago

Tipu Sultan: When an Islamist tyrant is turned into a freedom fighter, missile man and dharma saviour

Firstpost  

This essay intends to show how slippery and ill-founded some of the Left-liberal claims supporting Tipu Sultan are Karnataka is witnessing an Opposition backlash against a review committee set up by the state government that recommended doing away with the glorification of the alleged ‘Rocket Man’ and freedom fighter, Tipu Sultan. “Every blow that is struck in the cause of …

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Why the Taliban named a military unit after 'Panipat'
2 years, 10 months ago

Why the Taliban named a military unit after 'Panipat'

India Today  

In a move being seen as aimed at spiting India, the Taliban have announced the formation of a new military unit called the ‘Panipat operational unit’. Respecting Abdali as the father of Afghanistan is quite different from using his most difficult victory to taunt a country providing humanitarian assistance,” says Kulkarni, who has authored six books on 18th century history. …

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Third Battle of Panipat: Temple destruction and Jihad of the barbaric hordes, the valiant Marathas and the far-reaching effects of the loss
3 years, 6 months ago

Third Battle of Panipat: Temple destruction and Jihad of the barbaric hordes, the valiant Marathas and the far-reaching effects of the loss

Op India  

The 18th century saw the decline of the Mughal empire and the rise of the Hindu Maratha empire. It was only a matter of time before the two powers – Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Marathas clashed. Panipat III – Importance and religious nature Throughout the eighteenth century, the Marathas strove to bring the Hindu holy places under another rule. …

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The case against quotas isn't about meritocracy
3 years, 7 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The case against quotas isn't about meritocracy

Deccan Chronicle  

The five-member Supreme Court Constitution Bench’s order quashing the Maharashtra law granting reservations in admissions to educational institutions and in government jobs for the Maratha community is quite a complicated ruling. Similarly, the BJP’s Hindu identity, which seeks to overlook the clash of castes in the intra-Hindu framework, is of no help in facing up to the demand for reservations …

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Understanding Panipat 1761 through rare paintings
4 years ago

Understanding Panipat 1761 through rare paintings

The Hindu  

Before Waterloo 1815, there was Panipat 1761 – the dreadful battle where the Maratha army led by Sadashivrao Bhau was defeated by the forces of the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Durrani, and left an indelible scar on the Maratha psyche. While the battle and its complicated run-up has been analysed in such monumental works as James Grant Duff’s History of …

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OBC Quota Will Remain Intact, Marathas Need Not Worry: Maha CM Assures Assembly
4 years ago

OBC Quota Will Remain Intact, Marathas Need Not Worry: Maha CM Assures Assembly

News 18  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday assured the Assembly that the existing OBC quota will remain intact and attempts to create a social divide by spreading speculations on inclusion of Marathas in the OBC category won't be tolerated. Stating that the Shiv Sena has not given up Hindutva, Thackeray, who heads that party, said the state government will take …

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