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India News: Political observer suggests that the aggression displayed by political leaders representing Marathas and OBCs is aimed at consolidating their vote bas
’’Our agitation will continue until at least one person from my community benefits under the new rules the state is going to introduce,’’ Maratha quota activist
In the meeting, convened by Bhujbal for what he called as the “backdoor entry” of Marathas into the OBC category, the leaders passed resolutions seeking scraping of the Justice Sandeep Shinde Committee, which they claimed was unconstitutional. They also demanded that the issuance of Kunbi certificates to the Marathas should be scrapped.
Narayan Rane, a BJP leader, openly opposes the Maharashtra government's draft notification granting kunbi certificates to the Maratha community for Other Backward Caste reservations. Rane believes this decision will harm the prestige of the Maratha community and cause resentment among the OBCs. Chhagan Bhujbal, an NCP minister, also opposes the notification and aims to mobilize the OBC community against it. Bhujbal warns that including Marathas in the OBC category will impact the OBC community. However, Eknath Shinde, the Maharashtra government leader, claims there will be no injustice to the ...
Uddhav Thackeray and his followers getting infuriated over Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s conclusive decision that Shiv Sena belongs to Eknath Shinde was obvious and expected. They also went before the media and stated that...