The fierce sabre-rattling between other backward class (OBC) leaders and Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil continued with Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar accusing the activist of seeking political mileage by his insistence inclusion of Marathas under the OBC for political gain and not for the interests of Maratha community youth
After Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal (of the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction), Mr. Wadettiwar is the second prominent OBC leader to take Mr. Jarange-Patil head on as the activist continues to press the Eknath Shinde government to finish the process of granting Kunbi OBC certificates to all Marathas in the State by December 24.
Claiming that the OBCs population in Maharashtra were in the vicinity of 75% to 80% of the State’s total population, he said that the advantage received by the Marathas by their inclusion in the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) was far more significant than clamouring for inclusion under the OBC Kunbi category
