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The medication successful Maharashtra's Jalna territory has imposed prohibitory orders successful presumption of the Dhangar community's agitation to question inclusion successful the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, an authoritative said connected Saturday (January 17, 2026).
District Collector Ashima Mittal issued an bid nether Section 163 successful the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which deals with prohibitory orders for nationalist safety, nuisance, oregon danger.
The determination comes amid apprehensions of an untoward situation, arsenic Jalna and Ambad are considered epicentres of reservation-related agitations.
As per the order, the prohibitory restrictions volition stay successful unit from 5 a.m. till midnight connected Sunday (January 18, 2026) successful Jalna and Ambad tehsils. Under the prohibitory orders, gatherings of much than 5 persons person been banned, on with the carrying of arms. All shops, concern establishments, and acquisition institutions person been directed to stay closed.
According to the territory administration, Dhangar assemblage person Deepak Borhade had planned a protestation astatine Azad Maidan successful Mumbai, for which the constabulary had denied him permission.
Mr. Borhade and his supporters are apt to permission for Mumbai from Ambad, Jamkhed, Pachod, Dawalwadi, Paithan Naka, Shevgaon, Ahilyanagar, Pathardi, Pandharpur, Sangola, and Pune, which could pb to instrumentality and bid issues, the bid stated.
The Dhangar community, traditionally shepherds and cattle-rearers, constitutes astir 9% of Maharashtra’s population. It presently enjoys 3.5% preservation nether the Nomadic Tribes (NT-C) class wrong OBCs.
However, the assemblage wants to beryllium recognised arsenic STs, citing the law designation of “Dhangads” arsenic an ST radical and asserting that Dhangars and Dhangads are the same.
