With the Eknath Shinde-led tripartite government struggling to meet the demands of Maratha reservation agitators, sparks flew on Monday between Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a leader of the ruling Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction and Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil after Mr. Bhujbal, an influential Other Backward Class (OBC) leader, called upon the OBC community to not suffer in silence and spread “terror” to ensure things got done.
Mr. Bhujbal is a vocal opponent of Mr. Jarange Patil’s demand of granting a blanket reservation to Marathas by giving them OBC certificates and including them in the OBC Kunbi category.
Speaking in Jalna district in the State’s Marathwada region, Mr. Bhujbal claimed that OBC activists were being targeted and he was raising his voice on behalf of the community to safeguard the rights of OBCs.
