Advocate Sachin Godambe pointed out that the Maharashtra government has not addressed the question of extending Maratha quota benefits to those who do not have Kunbi records.
The tour that began with a rally in the Vashi village of Dharashiv will culminate at Shegaon in Ahmednagar district on December 24 the deadline he has set for the government to provide Kunbi caste certificates to all Marathas.
The newest Maratha community poster boy, Manoj Jarange Patil, moved quickly to end his indefinite fast and give the government two months’ time to sort out the Maratha demand for blanket reservation. It calmed the flaring tempers and nipped the sporadic violence that threatened to discredit his movement, but the socio-economic distress of rural Maharashtra is unlikely to be assuaged solely by quotas
Maharashtra is paying the price for a broken development model where a deepening agrarian crisis and brazen cash-and-carry politics have created frustration