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TopicMaratha quota agitation

Topic: Maratha quota agitation

What is Hyderabad Gazette, the centrepiece of Jarange-Patil’s Maratha quota agitation

Jarange-Patil called off stir after govt assured him Marathas whose family tree could be established through Hyderabad Gazette would get Kunbi certificates, making them eligible for OBC quota.

Maratha stir ends: How slew of government resolutions ended Jarange-Patil vs Fadnavis govt stalemate

Maratha quota activist says he was breaking his hunger strike as state government has agreed to 6 of his 8 demands. CM Fadnavis says he is ‘happy’ a solution has been found.

Azad Maidan standoff continues as Jarange Patil’s meeting with Shinde panel bears no fruit

After the meeting, Patil said CM Fadnavis ‘insulted us by sending Shinde committee instead of govt representatives’. Maratha quota activist has dug in his heels at Azad Maidan.

Jarange Patil digs in heels at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, calls Fadnavis govt ‘worse than the British’

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil is demanding that the Maharashtra government issue Kunbi certificate for the community under the OBC category.

‘I don’t trust this govt’ — Jarange-Patil says he will field Maratha candidates in Maharashtra polls

In an interview with ThePrint, the quota leader also threatened a bigger protest if his demand of granting Marathas Kunbi caste certificates under OBC category is not met by 6 June.

Phule biopic ‘Satyashodhak’ whitewashes Brahmin oppression, plays into political agendas

Phule is portrayed as an ally of Brahmin reformists who fight against the orthodox members of their community rather than as a standalone non-Brahmin hero.

‘Final battle, don’t know till when I’ll be alive’ — Jarange-Patil sets out for hunger strike in Mumbai

Maratha quota activist started from Jalna village Saturday after Eknath Shinde govt's failure to stop him, tells community it 'should not back down before getting reservation'.

Eknath Shinde’s bridge to Jarange-Patil: dialogue through OSD, help from personal coffers

Through his OSD Mangesh Chivate, Shinde has been extending all the support Jarange-Patil has been asking for, earning the activist's trust & cementing his own leadership as a Maratha CM.

Maharashtra backward class panel continues to crumble amid Maratha quota stir as chairman quits

Anand Nirgude tendered his resignation, without citing any reason, on 4 December, soon after 2 other members, Balaji Killarikar & Laxman Hake, quit over ‘govt interference’ in panel’s work.

Six friends & an amorphous group of Marathas — the backbone of Manoj Jarange-Patil’s quota stir

As Jarange-Patil grows into the role of a pan-Maharashtra Maratha leader with his state-wide tours and rallies, organisational and financial help is pouring in from all quarters.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi should be more worried about Amit Shah the cooperation minister—than home minister

The cooperation ministry is working on a war footing. Even if cooperative societies are in the state list, the Centre is doing its best to streamline and reinvigorate the sector.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.