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Fadnavis Rules Out Reducing OBC Share for Maratha Quota
Manoj Jarange is fasting to demand reservation benefits for the Maratha community.
He wants eligible Marathas to receive Kunbi caste certificates.
Kunbis are included in the Other Backward Classes, or OBC, category.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the government will follow the Constitution.
He also said one community’s reservation share will not be taken away for another.
The government says it has already made decisions benefiting Marathas.
Fadnavis said officials are still willing to discuss remaining concerns.
Jarange’s hunger strike had reached its 11th day.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Maratha reservation would remain within constitutional limits.
Fadnavis ruled out reducing another community’s reservation share to provide benefits to Marathas.
Activist Manoj Jarange’s hunger strike for Maratha reservation under the OBC category entered its 11th day.
Jarange is seeking Kunbi certificates for eligible Marathas and implementation of Hyderabad and Satara Gazette records.
The government says dialogue remains open and that previous decisions have already benefited the Maratha community.
- Who
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, activist Manoj Jarange, the Maratha community, and OBC activists.
- What
- A dispute over Maratha reservation, including demands for OBC-category benefits and Kunbi caste certificates.
- Where
- The hunger strike is taking place at Antarwali Sarati village in Maharashtra’s Jalna district; Fadnavis spoke in Uran, Navi Mumbai.
- When
- Jarange’s latest hunger strike began on August 29 and entered its 11th day; Fadnavis commented on Tuesday.
- Why
- Jarange is demanding reservation for Marathas under the OBC category, while the government says any action must comply with the Constitution and court orders.
Government Position
Activists’ Demands
Constitutional limits
Government Position
The government says it will provide whatever is permissible under the Constitution and will follow court decisions.
Activists’ Demands
Jarange continues demanding Maratha reservation under the OBC category, including through recognition of eligible Marathas as Kunbis.
Reservation shares
Government Position
Fadnavis says the government will not take one community’s reservation share and give it to another.
Activists’ Demands
OBC activists have agitated to protect the constitutional rights and reservation share of the OBC community while the Maratha demand continues.
Resolving the dispute
Government Position
Fadnavis says the government has not closed the door to dialogue and that previously raised issues have been resolved.
Activists’ Demands
Jarange’s continuing hunger strike indicates that he believes further action is still needed on the Maratha community’s demands.
Key facts
- Chief minister
- Devendra Fadnavis
- Activist
- Manoj Jarange
- Hunger strike location
- Antarwali Sarati village, Jalna district
- Strike start
- August 29
- Strike status
- Entered its 11th day
- Main demand
- Maratha reservation under the OBC category
- Government position
- Reservation will be provided only within constitutional limits and without reducing another community’s share
Quotes
Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra chief minister discussing the government's position on Maratha reservation
“Whatever is permissible under the Constitution will certainly be given. Whatever is subject to the court's decision will be dealt with accordingly. We are not going to take from one community's share and give it to another.”
rediff.com
“We will do everything that is possible. We have never closed the doors for dialogue. A government finds a solution through discussions, and the entire process is moving forward in that spirit.”
rediff.com
Sources
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