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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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Maratha quota activist on indefinite fast today, says demands not fulfilled
5 months ago

Maratha quota activist on indefinite fast today, says demands not fulfilled

India Today  

Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil will begin his indefinite hunger strike from Saturday in Maharashtra's Jalna and said that he was forced to take the step again as the state government did not fulfill its demands, including granting reservation to Marathas. In February, the Maharashtra legislature passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in …

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Manoj Jarange to start indefinite fast from July 20 for Maratha reservation
5 months, 1 week ago

Manoj Jarange to start indefinite fast from July 20 for Maratha reservation

India Today  

Quota activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday announced to launch indefinite fast from July 20 if the government fails to grant the reservation to Marathas by midnight on July 13. In February, the Maharashtra legislature passed a bill providing 10 percent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs amid ongoing protests. Stating that the July 20 deadline is …

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HC issues notice to Maharashtra backward class panel over report on Maratha quota
5 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 …

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Government using tricks, conspiracies to undermine Maratha agitation: Manoj Jarange
10 months ago

Government using tricks, conspiracies to undermine Maratha agitation: Manoj Jarange

The Hindu  

Maratha activist Manoj Jarange on February 24 accused the Maharashtra government of using “tricks and conspiracies” to undermine their ongoing agitation for reservation for the community in government jobs and education. Addressing the media at his Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district, Mr. Jarange said he would disclose his next course of action on February 25 and asked people from …

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Will the third iteration of the Maratha quota act in the past decade pass muster?
10 months ago

Will the third iteration of the Maratha quota act in the past decade pass muster?

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra Legislature unanimously passed a bill reserving 10% of the seats in educational institutions and the same proportion of government jobs for people from the Maratha community in the third such attempt by the state government to carve out a quota for the once-dominant agrarian community, after the courts struck down similar laws enacted in 2014 and 2019. Most …

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

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Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas
10 months 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 …

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

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

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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 …

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Maharashtra govt approves bill to extend 10% reservation to Marathas
10 months 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 …

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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 …

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Why are Marathas Demanding Reservation and What Led to the Fresh Agitation - News18
11 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 …

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Bhujbal Says OBC Certificates Given to Marathas Fake
1 year ago

Bhujbal Says OBC Certificates Given to Marathas Fake

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Amidst the row between Marathas and Other Backward Classes on a reservation issue, NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has been fiercely opposing the inclusion of Marathas into the OBC category, on Wednesday took a jibe at the Maratha community saying that there will be no Marathas left in Maharashtra if all of them were given Kunbi certificates. “If Marathas …

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Why are the Marathas mobilising now?
1 year 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 …

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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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Why Marathas are angry with politicians within the community?
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Marathas are angry with politicians within the community?

Hindustan Times  

The large-scale violence, including pelting stones and setting up houses of legislators on fire, during the Maratha reservation agitation has emphasised that unlike previous instances, protestors are angry this time against seasoned politicians belonging to the Maratha community across party lines. Within Pune and other cities, additional security has been provided to Maratha MLAs and political leaders based on intelligence …

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'Peepli Live' moment for Maharashtra village at centre of Maratha quota stir
1 year, 1 month ago

'Peepli Live' moment for Maharashtra village at centre of Maratha quota stir

India Today  

Antarvali Sarati, a village 50 kilometers from Aurangabad, has been going through its ‘Peepli Live’ moment since the last two months. Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil is on an indefinite fast in this village. It's been seven days since Patil started fasting, but there is no concrete solution seen. Rekha's daughter was seen crying with a water bottle in …

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Maharashtra man demanding Maratha quota dies by suicide, 3rd such case
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra man demanding Maratha quota dies by suicide, 3rd such case

India Today  

A man, demanding reservations on jobs and education for Marathas, allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a water tank in Maharashtra's Beed district on Friday. The incident happened at 11.30 pm when Shatrughan Kashid climbed the water tank in support of the ongoing agitation led by Manoj Jarange Patil demanding Maratha reservation. Last week, on Thursday, a 45-year-old Maratha …

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Will intensify stir if Maratha quota is not announced by October 24, says activist Jarange Patil
1 year, 2 months ago

Will intensify stir if Maratha quota is not announced by October 24, says activist Jarange Patil

The Hindu  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Saturday threatened to intensify his agitation after October 24 if the Maharashtra government fails to provide reservation to the community in jobs and education. Addressing a massive gathering at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district, he said that after October 24, it would be either his “funeral procession or the Maratha community’s victory …

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Maharashtra | A quota war reignites
1 year, 3 months ago

Maharashtra | A quota war reignites

India Today  

Seven years after the dominant Maratha community first launched a series of silent morchas for their demands like reservations in jobs and education, the issue has returned to haunt politics in Maharashtra. Since 2016, around 58 ‘Maratha Kranti Morchas’—some of them having hundreds of thousands of people joining them—were organised in Maharashtra and neighbouring states. The agitation turned violent in …

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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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Pro-Maratha quota activist Jarange ends fast after CM Shinde meets him in Jalna
1 year, 3 months ago

Pro-Maratha quota activist Jarange ends fast after CM Shinde meets him in Jalna

The Hindu  

Pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil finally called off his indefinite strike on Thursday after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde personally met the activist at his protest site in Jalna district. Mr. Jarange Patil, who has been fasting since August 29 at Jalna’s Antarwali Sarati village, had earlier given the Shinde government a month’s time to fulfil all demands, prominent …

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