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In 2016, a wave of massive yet silent Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM) swept through Maharashtra seeking quota for the dominant Maratha community.
Originally meant to protest the gangrape and killing of a Maratha girl in Ahmednagar, “misuse” of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and agrarian distress, these morchas gradually morphed into a movement primarily seeking quota.
Then, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena combine was in power. These protests were seen as the handiwork of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to corner Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a Brahmin. Though the idea of
Originally meant to protest the gangrape and killing of a Maratha girl in Ahmednagar, “misuse” of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and agrarian distress, these morchas gradually morphed into a movement primarily seeking quota.
Then, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena combine was in power. These protests were seen as the handiwork of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to corner Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a Brahmin. Though the idea of
