Manoj Jarange Patil, the activist who led the movement to provide caste-based reservations to Marathas and is on a hunger strike, though welcomed the reservation bill introduced and passed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, but contended that the reservation which has bee
Now, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will move the Bill to the Upper House for consideration and passage. The Maharastra Legislature is bicameral in nature, consisting of a Legislative Council and a Legislative Assembly.
The Maharashtra government tabled a Bill in the state Assembly on Tuesday, intending to extend 10 per cent reservation to Marathas above the 50 per cent mark cap mandated under the law.
The Maratha community, under the leadership of Jarange Patil, has been seeking reservations in education and jobs under the OBC category. The guarantee of reservation under the Kumbi category, however, finds objection within the Maharashta government, with senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal op
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government over the issue of Maratha reservation. "This government only gives false consolations and repeatedly lies from the first day. They don't do anything & today
After activist Manoj Jarange Patil started yet another indefinite hunger strike, a special session of the Maharashtra Assembly in connection to the Maratha Reservation is likely to be called at this weekend, sources said.
Earlier, Patil had on Wednesday announced that he would be going on another indefinite hunger strike from February 10. "It is much needed to sit on an indefinite hunger strike again. It is the government's responsibility to implement the law for the reservation. This law is very important