The Maratha Kranti Morcha is leading a partial bandh in Maharashtra, demanding reservation in jobs and education for Maratha youths, following tensions after the suicide of a protestor. The Maratha community significantly influences Maharashtra's socio-economic landscape, owning a majority of sugar factories and educational institutions, and has historically dominated the political scene. The agitation has escalated into violence, with threats of larger protests if the Chief Minister does not apologize to the community.

1. Maratha Reservation
As this is one of the important caste that had
given their major part of contribution in
Maharashtra State Goverment .

2. Mumbai Bandh: Why Maratha Kranti
Morcha wants a separate quota
● he Maratha Kranti Morcha today spearheaded
a partial Maharashtra bandh - in districts
surrounding Mumbai - demanding reservation
in jobs and educational institutions for Maratha
youths. The Maratha Kranti Morcha was joined
by another outfit, the Sakal Maratha Samaj in
the quota agitation. The bandh call saw
protesters attacking buses, disrupting local train
services and pelting stones on public buildings.

3. Being Maratha: A Fact-sheet
● There has been no caste census in India after
1932. So, there are no accurate figures for
populations of different castes. Different reports
quote share of Maratha population in
Maharashtra differently ranging from 32 per
cent to 35 per cent. Kunbis have an estimated
19 per cent share in the state population.

4. Marathas true Status
● Marathas own 86 of 105 sugar factories in
Maharashtra besides controlling about 55 per
cent educational institutions and over 70 per
cent of cooperative bodies.
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● Marathas have dominated the political
landscape of Maharashtra with 12 of 18 chief
ministers having come from the community.
Over 60 per cent of all the MLAs of
Maharashtra have been Marathas since 1962.

5. Maratha reservation agitation takes
violent route
● Following the suicide of protestor Kakasaheb
Shinde, the Maratha agitation, demanding
reservation in government jobs and education
has turned violent with various regions
including Aurangabad witnessing rising violence
in which a policemen and two others were
injured.

6. ● The 27-year-old on Monday had jumped off a
bridge over Godavari River in Aurangabad.
However, he was declared brought dead when
he was rushed to the hospital, police said

7. Political views
● The Maratha Kranti Morcha, which had called
for a statewide bandh in Maharashtra has
warned of bigger protests if Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis doesn't apologise to the
community.
● They had granted Almost 16% of reservtion in
Maharashtra State

8. BJP Statement
● Fadnavis has his task cut out. Whatever he
does would either be brave or foolhardy,
depending on the impact it has on the 2019
elections. He does not seem to have much
room, and that elders like Sharad Pawar who
do have influence among the Marathas –
Pawar is not limited to Marathas – aren’t
helping. They are not even thinking of
mediating to sort out a sticky problem, because,
at the end of the day, all of them play politics.

9. Images

10. VOILENCE