Maha MLC seeks separate class,7 pc quota for Denotified Tribes

Maharashtra MLC and former MP Haribhau Rathod today demanded that Denotified Tribes be removed from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list and a separate category be created for them with a grant of 7 per cent reservation.

"What we want is creation of a separate class, Scheduled Denotified Tribes (SDNT), for our community and 7 per cent reservation," Rathod, who is the National President of the Rashtriya Vimukta Ghumantu Mahasangh, said at a press conference here.

He said Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in agreement with him when he had met the latter recently and pressed for the demand.

A mega rally would be organised at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on February 28, 2016 to press for the demand, he added.
 

Presently, Denotified Tribes are a part of the OBC category.