Maratha reservation | मराठा मोर्चासाठी तलवार कट मिशी आणि महाराज दाढीचं फॅड
Marathyanchi Talwar Mishi – Maratha reservation | मराठा मोर्चासाठी तलवार कट मिशी आणि महाराज दाढीचं फॅड
For more than 40 days now, the Marathas have been on protest across Maharashtra. ‘Muk Morchas’ or ‘silent rallies’, where processionists march without raising slogans, are set to go on for the next two months. The ruling BJP is rattled, and the Congress and NCP, which are seen to back the protests, are no longer sure which way the anger will blow.
With the protests continuing unabated, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said his government was “committed to providing reservation to Marathas”. In a move seen as trying to appease the protesters, the BJP-Sena government on Monday appointed Shivaji descendant and Rajya Sabha MP Sambhaji Raje Bhosale as its tourism brand ambassador.
The protests grew out of the brutal gangrape and murder of a 14-year-old Maratha girl at Kopardi in Ahmednagar on July 13, allegedly by three Dalit youths. In the month and a half since, the agitation has raked up barely concealed caste tensions. Apart from death penalty for the rape accused, the protesters are demanding scrapping of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, saying it is being misused, and reservation for Marathas in education and government jobs.
The Maratha anger stems from two reasons — the belief that reservation for SC/STs and OBCs is hurting their job and educational prospects; and that through reserved seats, SC/STs and OBCs are eroding their political clout.
Marathas constitute 33 per cent of Maharashtra’s population and are the decisive political force in at least 75 of 288 Assembly seats.
“The charge of misuse of the SC/ST Act is a pretext to undermine Dalit socio-political empowerment,” adds Prakash Ambedkar, the president of the Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh. “If they had problems with the Act, the Maratha stalwarts of the Congress-NCP could have moved an amendment in Parliament.”
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader of Maharashtra, says Dalits are not even against Maratha reservation. “But the demand for scrapping of the SC/ST Act cannot be justified… The Act has constitutional sanction. If there is misuse, let us plug the loopholes.”
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