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Shinde announces survey by commission to assess backwardness of Marathas
The state Commission for Backward Classes will conduct a survey from January 23 to asses the social, economic and educational backwardness of the Maratha community, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday. The Maratha community has been demanding reservations in government jobs and education under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category. The chief minister directed the administration to carry out this survey in three different shifts on war footing. Shinde chaired a meeting on Maratha reservation issue at his official residence here and gave instructions to divisional commissioners, collectors, commissioners of municipal corporations and other senior officials via a video link. The survey announcement comes on a day when Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange embarked on a protest march to Mumbai from Jalna with thousands of supporters. He has announced to launch an indefinite fast for the Maratha quota in Mumbai from January 26. Jarange has demanded the issuance o
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Maha doing everything possible to grant quota to Marathas: Dy CM
The Maharashtra government is making "all possible efforts" to grant reservation to Marathas, without disturbing the existing quotas of other communities, said Dept CM Ajit Pawar.
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Why Marathas are deserting Cong, NCP and seeking shelter in BJP, Shiv Sena
The exodus is so overwhelming that three descendants of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the most revered Maratha hero, are now all in the BJP
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Marathas hold massive warm up bike rally in Mumbai
Maratha community has been taking out silent marches in various towns of the state since last few months
