A day after Minister and Other Backward Class (OBC) leader Chhagan Bhujbal’s broadside against activist Manoj Jarange Patil and the Maratha reservation issue, Congressman and Maharashtra Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Vijay Wadettiwar on November 19 said there should not be any fight or rift between the OBC and the Maratha communities.
Mr. Wadettiwar, an influential OBC leader from Vidarbha, had shared the dais with Mr. Bhujbal at a massive rally organised by OBC outfits in Jalna district on November 18 to counter Mr. Jarange Patil’s persistent demand of granting the Marathas a quota by giving them OBC certificates.
At the rally, Mr. Bhujbal, who has sharply voiced his opposition to Mr. Jarange Patil’s agitation, had warned that granting reservation to the Marathas from the OBC’s pie would lead to a showdown between the Marathas on one side and the OBCs and the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Muslims on the other.
