India, Sept. 12 -- As the BJP-led MahaYuti Government grapples with the vexed Marathas vs Other Backward Classes (OBCs) quota issue, the Banjara and Dhangar community members have rooted for inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, complicating the controversy over the reservations further ahead of the local body polls in Maharashtra.
A demand by the Banjaras and Dhangars communities has come after the MahaYuti Government - comprising BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar) - agreed to Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil's demand and issued a Government Resolution (GR) on September 2 to implement the Hyderabad Gazetteer to facilitate Kunabis in Marathwada to seek Kunbi status and reservation under OBC category Ku...