Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal's Big Statement On Maratha Reservation, Read Here

Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has been raising his voice for the backward for a very long time, on Wednesday gave a controversial statement related to the reservation. Bhujbal said, soon there will be no Marathas left in Maharashtra as a large number of Marathis are converting to Kunbi for the sake of reservation in Maharashtra. Kunbi is a community associated with agriculture that enjoys the OBC benefits for education and government jobs in Maharashtra.

The statement from the senior OBC leader came after the Maharashtra government decided to give Kunbi caste certificates to the people who possess documents from the Nizam era that recognize them as Kunbis. Answering a question on whether the inclusion of Marathas will affect the OBC reservation, Bhujbal said, "I feel now that there is no need to do anything else because all Maratha community members are taking Kunbi certificates and getting included in the OBC category. Hence, no Maratha will be left in Maharashtra as all of them are becoming Kunbis. I think there is no need for any other solution.

Answer a question on Ajit Pawar group's curative petition in the Supreme Court on reservation, Bhujbal said "I have already said whether you do curative petition or bring some other bill, when all are turning Kunbis and becoming part of OBC category, then who will be left out?"

The state observed many protests and violent incidents since the demand for reservation to Maratha has been raised. It is one of the hot topics, which might be debated in the state assembly also. The Maharashtra Assembly Winter Session is slated for December 7 to 20 in Nagpur.