Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal faced opposition from members of the Maratha community on Thursday as they raised slogans against him and showed black flags during his tour of villages hit by unseasonal rains in Nashik district over his stand on the Maratha reservation issue.
Although Mr. Bhujbal met farmers at a few villages in the district, he had to cut short his visit to some other villages due to the stiff opposition by the Maratha community.
Mr. Bhujbal has been opposing the Shinde-led Maharashtra government’s plan to include Marathas in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community to give the benefit of reservation to them. The Minister has repeatedly targeted Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, triggering a war of words between the two. Mr. Bhujbal’s views have angered the Maratha community.
