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Maratha quota activistic Manoj Jarange connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) announced an indefinite hunger onslaught from May 30 implicit the community's unfulfilled demands, and gave the Maharashtra authorities a deadline of May 29 to administer Kunbi caste certificates successful Marathwada.
Speaking to reporters successful Antarwali Sarati village, Jalna district, Mr. Jarange demanded the dissolution of the Maratha quota sub-committee, claiming the sheet has done thing for the community, portion pressing for a abstracted ministry for the Maratha and Kunbi communities.
The activistic claimed that the State authorities has wholly halted the process of issuing Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas.
"Earlier, we utilized to get caste certificates, but present they person stopped disbursement. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has stopped the process. When we asked for certificates according to the Hyderabad gazette, we got a few, but present officials archer america they person been instructed by the authorities not to contented them," helium alleged.
He further demanded that the authorities authorities instantly instrumentality the Satara, Aundh and different gazettes, validate already issued caste certificates, and driblet constabulary cases registered against Maratha protesters during erstwhile agitations.
"The authorities has not implemented the Satara gazette adjacent 8 months aft its announcement. We cannot springiness them much time," helium said, giving the authorities a deadline of May 29 to administer Kunbi certificates oregon look agitation from May 30.
Mr. Jarange has been demanding that each Marathas beryllium recognised arsenic Kunbis, an agrarian caste included successful the OBC category, which volition marque them eligible for preservation successful authorities jobs and education.
He further urged assemblage experts and scholars to stitchery astatine Antarwali Sarati connected May 28 to sermon the authorities government's caller argumentation that bars reserved class candidates from claiming unfastened class seats.
The State cabinet, earlier this week, approved a argumentation that candidates from reserved categories who avail concessions successful competitory examinations, specified arsenic property relaxation and acquisition qualification, volition not beryllium eligible to assertion assignment against unfastened class posts.
''The authorities came retired with a GR 2 days backmost that OBCs cannot assertion seats from the unfastened category. Had this determination been taken earlier, the OBC class would not person eaten into our seats. The authorities has taken the determination present aft they (OBCs) person taken our seats,'' helium said.
Mr. Jarange further claimed that fiscal assistance schemes for the Maratha assemblage are being intentionally stalled.
"The students of SARTHI are waiting for their scholarships. I person heard that astir ₹1,600 to ₹1,800 crore is pending from the government's broadside to beryllium fixed to SARTHI. We volition not fto these payment schemes travel to a halt," helium said.
