Last month, Uddhav Thackeray wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take steps to declare the Maratha community in the state as Socially and Educationally Backward (SEBC)
Legislators of the Opposition BJP squatted on the stairs of the Vidhan Bhavan building in Mumbai on Monday to protest against the Maharashtra government's "lackadaisical attitude" towards the Maratha quota and farmers' issues.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will begin day-to-day hearing from July 27 through videoconference on a clutch of pleas filed against reservation for the Marathas in education and jobs in Maharashtra.
Bombay High Court upholds Maratha reservation given by Maharashtra govt. A petition had challenged its constitutional validity.
Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld Maratha reservation awarded by the Maharashtra Government. Issue of Maratha quota has been a hot topic in Maharashtra's politics. Huge demonstrations were made across Maharashtra for the demand of a quota.
The Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra passed the Maratha Reservation Bill today. The cabinet nod for the quota comes months after protests by Maratha community
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Maharashtra government had taken a similar stand earlier, saying it needs time to fulfil the Marathas' quota demand by following the legal procedure.
Maratha Reservation: Violent protest begins in Nasik and Nagpur
Among the other reasons Deshmukh mentioned in his suicide note were unemployment and unpaid bank loan.
Maratha Reservation: CM Fadnavis calls an all party meet today at 2 PM to resolve the issue
CM Fadnavis meets senior BJP leaders & ministers over the Maratha reservation issue
Representatives of the Maratha community attributed the stepping up of pressure by the community to the “arrogance and lies” told to its members by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, and the “uncontrolled anger” among its youth over the delay in getting reservations.
Maratha Reservation: Govt is serious over the issue, ready to have conversation, says CM Fadnavis
Maratha Reservation: Protest goes violent, vehicles set on fire, shops forcefully closed. Maratha reservation protest intensifying its stir for reservation in jobs and education, Maratha Kranti Morcha has called for a Mumbai bandh today.
Maratha reservation protest intensifying its stir for reservation in jobs and education, Maratha Kranti Morcha has called for a Mumbai bandh today.
Maratha reservation protest intensifying its stir for reservation in jobs and education, Maratha Kranti Morcha has called for a Mumbai bandh today.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the killings were a fallout of inter-caste love affair between one of the deceased and a Maratha girl.
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