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Maharashtra polls: Will Marathwada spoil Mahayuti’s game again?
1 month ago

Maharashtra polls: Will Marathwada spoil Mahayuti’s game again?

Hindustan Times  

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar/Beed: Marathwada, comprising eight districts in central Maharashtra, played a significant part in skewing the numbers against the ruling Mahayuti in the Lok Sabha elections six months ago. Marathwada, which has 46 assembly seats, has seen many stalwart leaders such as Raosaheb Danve, Pankaja Munde and Pratap Chikhalikar, backed by former chief minister Ashok Chavan, lose their seats …

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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 …

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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 …

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Maha News | Ruling Mahayuti back to drawing table in its bid to retain power in state, MVA aims to repeat performance
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Maha News | Ruling Mahayuti back to drawing table in its bid to retain power in state, MVA aims to repeat performance

Hindustan Times  

After the ruling alliance's debacle and the opposition MVA coalition's impressive show in the Lok Sabha elections, the battle between rival coalitions in Maharashtra is set to intensify further as the assembly elections are expected to be held in September-October. In the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Mahayuti alliance won 17 out of 48 seats while the opposition Maharashtra Vikas …

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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 …

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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 …

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Marathwada could be a clincher in Maharashtra’s 48 LS seats
8 months ago

Marathwada could be a clincher in Maharashtra’s 48 LS seats

Hindustan Times  

JALNA: Marathwada or the Central Maharashtra region could play a decisive role in the Lok Sabha sweepstakes in the state and determine whether the ruling BJP-led NDA or the opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi comes out tops. Dinesh Falke, coordinator of the Maratha Kranti Morcha, said the Maratha agitation would have a huge impact on all eight seats in central Maharashtra, …

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Maratha Quota activists to contest Assembly polls
9 months ago

Maratha Quota activists to contest Assembly polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Sunday indicated that he wants to field Maratha community candidates in the state assembly elections instead of Lok Sabha elections. However, he has asked the community members to go to their respective villages and take opinions of the villagers on whether to contest the Lok Sabha election or not. The Maratha quota activist …

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Operation Jarange-Patil: How the BJP tackled the irrepressible Maratha activist
9 months, 1 week ago

Operation Jarange-Patil: How the BJP tackled the irrepressible Maratha activist

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: He had become the unexpected face of the agitation for Maratha reservation. Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil during the Marataha agitation rally in Jalna district of Maharashtra, in January. “Many of us were convinced that Shinde’s colleagues were actively supporting Jarange-Patil’s agitation,” said a BJP leader. “Our top leaders ensured that Shinde himself made such a statement publicly.” The party’s …

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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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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 …

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Maratha quota: Jarange-Patil begins yet another hunger strike in Jalna
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Maratha quota: Jarange-Patil begins yet another hunger strike in Jalna

The Hindu  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday launched yet another indefinite hunger strike at his village of Antarwali-Sarathi in Jalna district, accusing the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government of not fulfilling promises pertaining to reservation for the Maratha community. The latest hunger strike — Mr. Jarange-Patil’s third — pertains specifically to the activist’s demand that the State government make good …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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Power play in ruling alliance as Bhujbal takes on Jarange-Patil
1 year, 1 month ago

Power play in ruling alliance as Bhujbal takes on Jarange-Patil

Hindustan Times  

Chhagan Bhujbal loves it when he faces strong opposition. Going by the grapevine in the ruling alliance, he is getting support of both the deputy chief ministers—his party boss Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis. Pawar is not happy with the way chief minister Eknath Shinde has been handling the Maratha agitation while his party colleagues are irked with the CM …

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How the Maratha quota demand divides the ruling allies in Maharashtra
1 year, 1 month 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 …

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Govt decides to counter Jarange-Patil ’s demands
1 year, 2 months ago

Govt decides to counter Jarange-Patil ’s demands

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: As the deadline set by Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil for the Maratha reservation ends on Tuesday, the state government has decided not to bow before any ‘pressure tactics’ and has reportedly decided to counter the attack from the Maratha community outfits by fielding leaders from the same community. Caught between the two communities – Marathas and Other Backward Classes …

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Jarange-Patil kicks off tour to push for Maratha reservation; OBC activist calls off hunger strike
1 year, 2 months ago

Jarange-Patil kicks off tour to push for Maratha reservation; OBC activist calls off hunger strike

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A fortnight after he withdrew his hunger strike giving respite to the ruling alliance, Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday began a 12-day tour to cover 13 districts in Maharashtra. Jarange-Patil kicks off tour to push for Maratha reservation; OBC activist calls off hunger strike Jarange-Patil’s demand for Kunbi certificates to the Maratha community in Marathwada region has …

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Maha BJP leaders to campaign in K’taka despite MES appeal
1 year, 7 months ago

Maha BJP leaders to campaign in K’taka despite MES appeal

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced its decision to send its leaders for campaigning in the Maratha belt of Karnataka for the assembly elections scheduled on May 10, despite an appeal from the pro-Maharashtra organisation Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti to not campaign in the bordering region for the upcoming polls, leaders close to developments said on Sunday. According to the leaders, …

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Testing times for Uddhav Thackeray
3 years, 6 months ago

Testing times for Uddhav Thackeray

India Today  

When Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar called on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on May 27 at his official residence in Mumbai, a big political storm was around the corner. I can’t hold them for much longer.” Thackeray’s alleged negligence has also created unrest among the OBCs after the SC rejected the state government’s review petition on May 28 …

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Efforts on to Provide Quota to Marathas, Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray Tells BJP MP
3 years, 6 months ago

Efforts on to Provide Quota to Marathas, Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray Tells BJP MP

News 18  

The Maharashtra government had not stopped its efforts to provide quota to the Maratha community, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray told MP Sambhaji Chhatrapati on Friday. The Rajya Sabha member from the BJP met Thackeray to discuss the issue in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling on May 5 which quashed the quota for the Marathas in government jobs and …

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