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TopicMaratha quota agitation

Topic: Maratha quota agitation

Why Jarange-Patil’s touring Maharashtra — quest to establish himself as statewide leader, counsel youth

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil will start tour from 15 November, primarily covering Thane, Raigad and Western Maharashtra in third phase of agitation.

Related communities with agrarian roots — why Marathas are claiming to be Kunbis amid quota stir

Activist Manoj Jarange Patil has given Shinde govt till 2 Jan to give reservation to Marathas. With quota issue stuck in SC, community hopes for immediate benefit through Kunbi status. 

Consensus at all-party meet on quota for Marathas, collection of empirical data

CM Shinde says state Backward Class Commission working on 'war footing' to ensure 'errors' that led to SC striking down Maratha quota earlier 'are not repeated'.

Internet services suspended for 48 hours in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar amid protest

The shutdown will be enforced from 6 pm on Wednesday to 6 pm on Friday (3 November), an official said.

Maharashtra govt on edge as countdown starts for another Maratha stir. Its options are limited

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has warned that he will launch a fast unto death on 25 October unless govt announces OBC reservation for the community by then.

Shinde comes into his own? CM takes centrestage with ‘personal outreach’ to Maratha quota activist

In June 2022, Shinde toppled MVA government and became the chief minister with the BJP's help. However, Fadnavis was widely believed to be running the show.

Hotel worker to serial protester— who is Manoj Jarange-Patil, latest face of Maratha quota agitation

Maratha activist Jarange-Patil shot to prominence and put Maharashtra govt on the back foot following a violent clash between protesters and police during his hunger strike in Jalna.

Sharad Pawar slams police action against Maratha quota agitators, says INDIA discussed caste census

NCP chief meets protestors injured in clash with police at Jalna, expresses support. Removal of 50% quota cap & caste census discussed at INDIA meet, but no final decision, he says.

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Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.