OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel
He sought updates on SIT announced to investigate attacks on police and questioned the status of cases registered against Jarange and his supporters. Stay updated with the latest Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar news.
“The OBC community is compiling documentary evidence on how govt decisions are affecting its reservation rights and will seek a meeting with the CM,” Hake said, while addressing a gathering at Wadigodri near Antarwali Sarati, where Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange is on an indefinite hunger strike. Hake criticised CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke for backing Jarange, terming his stand “childish”. Targeting govt’s drive to issue caste certificates, Hake asked whether reservation had become a “charity” and questioned why similar camps were never organised for OBCs or Scheduled Tribes. He also challenged the rationale behind treating all farming communities as Kunbi and criticised remarks that, he said, encouraged mob rule and disrespect towards women. Hake said OBCs would hold accountable anyone openly backing Jarange’s agitation While welcoming the SEBC reservation and those supporting it. “Maharashtra cannot call itself progressive if caste politics, questionable caste certificate practices and lawlessness continue,” Hake added.
He alleged that politicians across parties had used Maratha agitation for electoral gains. He warned that MPs and MLAs who supported Jarange would face protests and electoral backlash, naming MLA Narayan Kuche and minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. He also questioned the silence of OBC politicians when the community’s reservation was being challenged. He alleged that certificates issued in large numbers would not withstand legal scrutiny and raised concerns over the transfer of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar caste verification officer, claiming pressure was being exerted on the verification process. Hake demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel, damage to OBC-owned property and incidents of violence over the past three years. He also demanded action against a police inspector after an OBC protester’s vehicle was allegedly attacked. Questioning Jarange’s proposed march to Mumbai, Hake claimed the movement no longer enjoyed public support it once did. He urged Mahayuti govt to focus instead on farmers’ issues, drought and other pressing challenges facing the state. Download the TOI App.
He argued that OBCs had participated in the earlier Maratha Kranti Morcha rallies and accused Jarange of ignoring the EWS quota issue. OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday demanded a probe into Maratha agitation, including alleged attacks on police personnel Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar : OBC activist Laxman Hake on Friday alleged that recent govt resolutions (GRs) had put OBC reservations at risk and urged chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to convene a joint meeting of Maratha and OBC community representatives before taking any further decisions.
