Mumbai, Sept. 2 -- OBC leaders have accused the Pawar family of backing the Maratha quota agitation, alleging that protest leader Manoj Jarange Patil is a "ghost raised by the Pawars".
OBC groups claim that Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Sharad Pawar, MP Supriya Sule and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar are behind the movement. In response, OBC Reservation Protection activists, led by Prof Laxman Hake, have announced a large protest in Baramati.
Jarange Patil is currently leading the Maratha community's demand at Azad Maidan for reservation under the OBC category. Meanwhile, OBC groups across Nagpur and other regions have launched relay hunger strikes to oppose giving OBC quota benefits to Marathas.
Prof Hake acc...