Mah govt to consider inclusion of Marathas in OBC category

Mumbai, Sep 16 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said that the state government would consider the demand of Maratha community to be included in the OBC category.

Speaking at a meeting, Mr Deshmukh said the government would look into the reservations offered by other states to give reservations to the Maratha community.

Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil, Chief secretary John Joseph and other officials participated in the meeting, in which Maratha co-ordination committee was represented by Vinayak Mete, Shashikant Pawar and Purushottam Khedekar.

Mr Deshmukh appealed to the community not to resort to agitations on the issue.

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