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Maratha quota activist asks Maharashtra government to learn lesson from Bangladesh

Maratha quota activist asks Maharashtra government to learn lesson...

Mumbai: Saying that the anger for the reservation demand should be understood properly, Maratha quota activist Manoj...

6 Aug 2024 7:07 PM

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. (Twitter)

Maratha group protests outside Uddhav Thackeray’s residence

Mumbai: The Maratha quota dispute in Maharashtra intensified further with the activists of one organisation Maratha...

30 July 2024 6:20 PM

Earlier, the Sena had criticised the government over the bullet train project, terming it futile, and load-shedding, which has resumed in the state owing to shortage of coal.

Shiv Sena slams BJP over Maratha reservation delay

On August 9, a huge protest march was organised by the Maratha community in Mumbai.

16 Sept 2017 9:08 PM

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Maratha group warns of major stir over quota

The Maharashtra government has asked the backward commission to submit its report on reservation by November 15.

29 Oct 2018 7:59 PM

Pankaja Munde

Pankaja Munde upset with govt's move: Sources

Sources said that the committee chief, Chandrakant Patil, tried to pacify her. He assured her that the reservation for...

29 Nov 2018 8:29 PM

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Maratha reservation: Govt ready to defend decision in court

Maha govt to use 81st constitutional amendment of the year 2000 to support bill.

29 Nov 2018 8:26 PM

BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye and education minister Vinod Tawde celebrate the passage of Maratha quota bill in Mumbai. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

BJP celebrates, every party claims credit

The Marathas constitute almost 31.5 per cent of the population in the state. Politically, they are a dominant community...

29 Nov 2018 8:18 PM

Members of the opposition protesting outside Vidhan Bhavan. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Council adjourned twice over Maratha reservation

The Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council demanded that Rs 50,000 per hectare be given to the...

27 Nov 2018 7:37 PM

Devendra Fadnavis

OBC leaders meet CM, seek clarification

They expressed the view that SEBC and OBC carried the same meaning and that would create further confusion.

27 Nov 2018 7:37 PM

Mr Ambedkar claimed that the state does not have the right to provide reservation beyond 50 per cent.

Opposition impedes both Houses proceedings

The state Legislative Council was also adjourned due to noisy scenes over the same issue.

26 Nov 2018 6:58 PM

Demand for Maratha reservation was made long back during the 1980s. Then Annasaheb Patil, leader of Mathadi Kamgar Union from various APMC markets was the prominent leader of this demand.

Now other communities make similar demands

There are now five major communities in the state asking for a change in reservation category or reservation itself.

16 Nov 2018 7:47 PM

Demand for Maratha reservation was made long back during the 1980s. Then Annasaheb Patil, leader of Mathadi Kamgar Union from various APMC markets was the prominent leader of this demand.

Commission to submit report on Maratha backwardness

The community has been demanding reservation on the lines of OBCs in the state.

14 Nov 2018 7:50 PM