Maharashtra's Marathwada region is experiencing heightened caste tensions as OBC activist Laxman Hake and Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil clash over the Maratha reservation issue. Hake, who had been on an indefinite hunger strike, ended his protest along with Navnath Waghmare after meeting with a Maharashtra government delegation on June 22. The Maratha community has staged protests in Beed, demanding inclusion in the OBC reservation, while OBC members blocked the Ahmednagar Highway and set tires on fire to insist their reservation rights remain intact.
Pro-Maratha quota activist #ManojJarangePatil on Monday accused #Maharashtra Minister and prominent OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal of using inflammatory language aimed at creating a rift between Marathas and OBCs, potentially inciting riots, reports @iAbhinayD https://t.co/8ynWVF86WQ
The feuding between #OBC activist Laxman Hake and Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil continued unabated with Mr. Hake stating that the ‘Kunbi’ and ‘Maratha’ categories were completely different and that the latter could not get reservations under the Kunbi OBC category as…
#PoliticalPulse | The activist leading OBC counter-protest against Marathas: Who is Laxman Hake? @ThePikaro https://t.co/GgRKigBB9v
JUST IN | Activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare ended their hunger strike on Saturday after meeting with Maharashtra government delegation, concerning their demand that the OBC quota remains undiluted, reports @iAbhinayD
Maratha Reservation Protest: OBC community holds protest in Maharashtra's Beed. @sujata_dwivedi reports https://t.co/vnEmqTP6HF
#WATCH | Maharashtra: OBC community holds protest over Maratha Reservation in Beed. https://t.co/rQSECb2o43
Beed: In support of Laxman Hake, Maratha community stage a protest for OBC reservation and have taken to the streets to register their opposition https://t.co/t0uUS9gVw3
In #Maharashtra’s Beed, members of OBC blocked the Ahmednagar Highway, setting tires on fire. #Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil demands Marathas be included in the OBC reservation. In response, the OBC has taken to the streets, insisting their reservation rights remain… https://t.co/x2tzk5ot3L
Maharashtra’s Marathwada region seethed with caste tensions yet again as OBC activist Laxman Hake, on an indefinite hunger strike, traded bitter barbs with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil over the Maratha reservation, @ShoumojitB reports. https://t.co/oiKuFxE59I
Laxman Hake questioned Manoj Jarange-Patil’s demand that the Marathas get reservation under the Kunbi OBC category. @ShoumojitB reports. https://t.co/COVqoV14iw