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Over a twelve socio-cultural organisations came unneurotic successful Mumbai connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) to merchandise a draught ‘Marathinama (Marathi manifesto)’ for the upcoming municipal corp elections successful Maharashtra.
80% reservation
The demands enactment distant by them see candidature to Marathi persons successful the elections and 80% preservation successful jobs for domiciles, among others.
The organisations volition present attack assorted parties with this manifesto, seeking affidavits from them successful enactment of their cause, including the request to reserve 80% of jobs for Maharashtra domiciles. The activists contiguous astatine the gathering besides fumed astatine the Congress for issuing a manifesto for northbound Indians successful Mumbai.
“If the interests of Marathimanoosare to beryllium preserved, we request to travel unneurotic to signifier a unit radical connected governmental parties. We person to basal for Marathi schools, Marathi civilization and Marathi language. We volition person to person the governmental parties and enactment successful the corporate involvement arsenic the Marathi population,” said Suhas Rane, president of Sambhaji Brigade and convener of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti. The gathering was convened by Marathi Abhyas Kendra.
“The parties that person been vocal astir the Marathi language, the Marathi people, and the Maharashtra dharma person failed connected issues similar promoting Marathi. The Congress releasing a abstracted manifesto for northbound Indians is outrageous. It isn’t indispensable that everyone agrees connected each issues. But it is important to instrumentality everyone on for the Marathi cause,” Deepak Pawar of Marathi Abhyas Kendra said.
The ‘Marathinama’ seeks the fielding of Marathi candidates portion giving penchant to those “who talk Marathi fluently”. It besides demands that Mumbai’s politician beryllium a Marathimanoos.
Congress response
Speaking connected the issue, Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad said, “We person ever stood with the northbound Indians. We person fixed them dependable and practice successful Mumbai.” When asked astir the disapproval by Marathi Abhyas Kendra, she accused immoderate of trying to make a linguistic divide.
“I americium myself a Marathi. We volition rise each issues related to Mumbai,” said the elder Congress leader.
Twenty-nine civic bodies crossed Maharashtra, including the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), volition spell to polls connected January 15. Votes volition beryllium counted the pursuing day.
