Maharashtra Quota

Maratha Quota Activist Manoj Jarange Pills Withdraws From Maharashtra Polls

With half a dozen key players post splits in the Shiv Sena and NCP, a fragmented polity, Maratha quota stir and a spirited opposition, Maharashtra will see a riveting contest in the assembly polls amid dramatic changes since the last elections.

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President, Sharad Pawar, today called upon the Maharashtra and Union governments to resolve the vexed Maratha quota issue, expressing full support to any initiative, including hiking the 50 per cent ceiling.

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar said the Other Backward Classes should thwart such plans in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls.

BJP MLC Pankaja Munde on Monday said as the most experienced leader in Maharashtra, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar should clarify his stand on the ongoing issue of Maratha quota.

Those who became rulers with Maratha support failed to do justice to them when there was a chance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday after NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar expressed concern over a "rift among communities over the quo

Amid the ongoing protests over Maratha and OBC reservation issues, Maharashtra unit BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to declare whether it will provide reservations to the Maratha community from the exi

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said if the Maharashtra government wants to find a solution to the quota issue and the conflict between Marathas and OBCs, it should adopt a stance based on "mutual understanding and cooperation."

Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at his residence here and sought his intervention into the Maratha quota issue and objections over it by OBC leaders.

No injustice will be done to the Other Backward Classes or any other community while giving reservations to the Marathas, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on the eve of the monsoon session of the state legislature on Wednesday.

Activist Manoj Jarange today suspended his indefinite fast over the Maratha quota six days after launching it and set a deadline of one month before the Maharashtra government to accept the community's demands.

Jarange-Patil is suffering from heat-related weakness and dehydration though his condition is reported to be stable.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday raised questions about Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange's motives, and wondered "who was behind" Jarange's recent diatribe against the government.

The Bombay High Court on Monday said the Maharashtra government cannot remain a mute spectator amid the Maratha quota protests and had powers to maintain law and order.

Activist Manoj Jarange on Monday announced he is withdrawing his 17-day-old fast undertaken over the Maratha quota issue, but insisted he would continue his agitation until the Maharashtra government starts issuing Kunbi caste certificates

Maratha Quota Activist Manoj Jarange Pills Withdraws From Maharashtra Polls

With half a dozen key players post splits in the Shiv Sena and NCP, a fragmented polity, Maratha quota stir and a spirited opposition, Maharashtra will see a riveting contest in the assembly polls amid dramatic changes since the last elections.

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President, Sharad Pawar, today called upon the Maharashtra and Union governments to resolve the vexed Maratha quota issue, expressing full support to any initiative, including hiking the 50 per cent ceiling.

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar said the Other Backward Classes should thwart such plans in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls.

BJP MLC Pankaja Munde on Monday said as the most experienced leader in Maharashtra, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar should clarify his stand on the ongoing issue of Maratha quota.

Those who became rulers with Maratha support failed to do justice to them when there was a chance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday after NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar expressed concern over a "rift among communities over the quo

Amid the ongoing protests over Maratha and OBC reservation issues, Maharashtra unit BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to declare whether it will provide reservations to the Maratha community from the exi

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said if the Maharashtra government wants to find a solution to the quota issue and the conflict between Marathas and OBCs, it should adopt a stance based on "mutual understanding and cooperation."

Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at his residence here and sought his intervention into the Maratha quota issue and objections over it by OBC leaders.

No injustice will be done to the Other Backward Classes or any other community while giving reservations to the Marathas, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on the eve of the monsoon session of the state legislature on Wednesday.

Activist Manoj Jarange today suspended his indefinite fast over the Maratha quota six days after launching it and set a deadline of one month before the Maharashtra government to accept the community's demands.

Jarange-Patil is suffering from heat-related weakness and dehydration though his condition is reported to be stable.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday raised questions about Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange's motives, and wondered "who was behind" Jarange's recent diatribe against the government.

The Bombay High Court on Monday said the Maharashtra government cannot remain a mute spectator amid the Maratha quota protests and had powers to maintain law and order.

Activist Manoj Jarange on Monday announced he is withdrawing his 17-day-old fast undertaken over the Maratha quota issue, but insisted he would continue his agitation until the Maharashtra government starts issuing Kunbi caste certificates