Professional-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on January 24 asserted that 54 lakh data had been discovered to this point in Maharashtra, figuring out members of the Maratha neighborhood as Kunbi, an OBC sub-caste.
He urged the quick issuance of caste certificates and continued his march, which started on January 20 from Jalna district, in the direction of Mumbai, with hundreds supporting the demand for a Maratha quota underneath the OBC classification in jobs and training.
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“As many as 54 lakh records have been found so far, which show that as many members of the Maratha community belong to the agrarian Kunbi community. These persons and their descendants should be given the Kunbi caste certificates immediately,” he mentioned. The continuing march, which was passing by Pune metropolis, is slated to conclude in Mumbai on January 26.
Mr. Jarange-Patil warned of an indefinite starvation strike from January 26 if the federal government didn’t grant Marathas reservation.