The Maharashtra government on Saturday extended the term of the Genealogy Committee, chaired by the Tehsildar at the taluka level, until June 30, 2026, amid ongoing Manoj Jarange Patil's hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai over the Maratha reservation issue.
State Congress President Jitu Patwari alleged that the BJP government spent huge amounts of money worth crores so that the 27 per cent reservation of OBCs should not be implemented in the state.
Yadav questioned Nitish Kumar's lack of response to his earlier letter, raising doubts over whether the chief minister was avoiding the issue deliberately or if officers were not presenting the letters to him.
Accusing the National Conference's Members of Parliament for not raising the reservation issue in the Parliament, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that the rights should be given according to the population.
During his visit, the Deputy CM discussed the Dhangar reservation issue and assured residents that the government's popular "ladki bahini" scheme would continue, underlining that no one's reservation would be taken away.
"Our government believes in justice for all communities. The reservation issue is in court and the government can't intervene at this juncture. We will hold discussions with Panchamasalis in the days to come," he said on Friday, while speaking to reporters after a meeting with leaders of Pan
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has criticized the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for its handling of the Maratha reservation issue. He claimed that the MVA's failure to present necessary evidence in the Supreme Court led to the rejection of the reservation.
Six days after launching his indefinite fast over the reservation issue, Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Thursday suspended his indefinite fast on Thursday and set a deadline for the Maharashtra government to accept the community's demands.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised INDIA bloc parties for undermining the constitutional rights of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Manoj Jha on Tuesday said that it is Prime Minister Modi who is playing an
The Delhi Police has said that its special cell lodged an FIR in connection with the circulation of a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech regarding reservation issues on different social media platforms.