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Other Backward Classes (OBC) organisations opposed the authorities solution related to Kunbi certificates to the Maratha assemblage during a gathering convened by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Saturday (October 4, 2025) and called for its withdrawal.
The gathering was held astatine Sahyadri Guest House successful Mumbai
These outfits said the GR issued connected September 2 pursuing a five-day disturbance by Maratha quota activistic Manoj Jarange astatine Azad Maidan was detrimental to the interests of OBCs. They besides sought a ‘white paper’ connected each caste certificates and caste validity certificates issued successful the authorities since 2014.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) person Vijay Wadettiwar, who attended the meeting, said the state-wide OBC march scheduled for October 10 volition spell up arsenic planned. Some sections of the ruling dispensation privation it to beryllium postponed.
“The authorities has not fixed immoderate affirmative effect to 2 large demands, which are withdrawal of the Government Resolution issued connected September 2 and work of a achromatic insubstantial connected the issuance of caste certificates since 2014. The agreed OBC assemblage protestation march volition instrumentality spot connected October 10,” helium said.
CM Fadnavis said the State authorities is committed to delivering justness to each assemblage wrong the ineligible framework, assuring nary group, including Other Backward Classes (OBCs), would look injustice.
“The State authorities has followed ineligible procedures successful issuing caste certificates. Verification strategy and a lineage committee person been acceptable up to guarantee certificates are issued lone connected valid documents, dispelling fears that certificates would beryllium fixed solely connected matrimony oregon affidavits,” Mr. Fadnavis asserted astatine the meeting.
Mr. Fadnavis said ₹1,500 crore has been disbursed to MahaJyoti this month. A full of 63 hostels has been established for OBCs successful the authorities and each schemes of Annasaheb Patil Economic Development Corporation volition beryllium extended to different backward sections, the CM added.
“An autarkic OBC Cabinet Sub-Committee has been constituted with powers to oversee each authorities schemes. Multiple corporations person been acceptable up for sub-castes nether the OBC category, and superior has been allocated to these corporations,” helium said.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said quota for 1 assemblage volition not infringe upon the rights of others.
“All decisions would beryllium taken wrong the ambit of law. Providing mendacious documents would pull ineligible action,” Mr. Shinde said.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said the government’s purpose is to guarantee nary assemblage faces injustice.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes stay socially disadvantaged, and the authorities and Union governments instrumentality schemes for their advancement portion ensuring adjacent opportunities for different communities, Pawar added.
The gathering was besides attended by ministers Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Chhagan Bhujbal, Pankaja Munde, Atul Save, MPs, MLAs, Chief Secretary Rajesh Kumar, elder officials of the Social Justice and Backward Welfare Departments, among others.
