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Meet the 6 ministers, belonging to different parties of Maharashtra's ruling coalition, and 2 former judges who intervened to get Manoj Jarange-Patil to call off his fast
The idea of categorising the Marathas as OBC has its origins in the past. In Vidarbha, Konkan and parts of northern Maharashtra, Maratha-Kunbis have already availed reservation under the OBC category for the past several decades.
The M.G. Gaikwad commission report submitted in 2018 concluded that the community had lost its self-esteem, which could be remedied by giving them reservation under the Socially and Economically Backward Classes category.