OBC leader and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal took issue with Maratha leader Jarange-Patil’s stance over the OBC quota on Friday. He said the Maratha community should not be given reservation from the other backward class (OBC) category. He wanted to know how paperwork proving Marathas were Kunbi OBCs were being discovered all of a sudden
In an interview to a vernacular channel, Mr. Bhujbal, a key member of the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction, said soon there will be no more Marathas left in the state, only Kunbi OBCs.
“What is going on in Maharashtra? He [Jarange-Patil] wants to transform Marathas into Kunbis by insisting they be given OBC certificates. There will come a time when there will be no Maratha left in Maharashtra, only Kunbis,” said Mr. Bhujbal, who is the State Food and Civil Supplies Minister.
