India, Sept. 14 -- After the Maratha and OBC (Other Backward Classes) clash, the similar pattern of friction brewing between the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Banjaras has intensified, with numerous individual and collective protests on the part of the Banjara community aimed at getting inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category for reservation in education and jobs.

On Saturday, a 32-year-old graduate from the community hanged himself at his residence at Umarga in Dharashiv. In his suicide note, the deceased, who was unemployed and had participated in the protest held in Jintur three days earlier, demanded that the community be granted reservation benefits under the Hyderabad Gazette.

Two Banjara youths, Shrikant Rathod and Harish Rat...