<p>Mumbai: The Maharashtra government-appointed committee has found 32 lakh cases where the term 'Kunbi' is mentioned in old documents related to the Maratha community, Maratha reservation campaigner Manoj Jarange-Patil said on Wednesday. </p><p>“Let me tell you... as of yesterday, 32 lakh records have been found,” Jarange-Patil said, addressing a rally in Igatpuri in the Nashik district. </p><p>The Eknath Shinde-led BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP government has appointed a committee headed by Justice Sandeep Shinde (Retd) to decide the procedure for granting Kunbi caste certificates to the Marathas in the Marathwada region.</p>.New challenge for Shinde govt as Dhangar community's demand for reservation category change takes momentum.<p>The Kunbi community, a sub-caste of Marathas, would be eligible for reservation in the OBC category once a nod is given. The records are being verified at the district levels.</p><p>“I am now sure, we would get reservation…which, in fact, has been denied to us for 70 years,” he said. </p><p>During the state-wide tour, Jarange-Patil, without naming state Food and Civil Supplies Minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, lashed out at him for opposing the move of the government. </p><p>“I know where you used to sell vegetables, whose bungalows you have grabbed, what all you did in Mumbai, which movies and dramas you acted in,” Jarange-Patil said, also referring to the Maharashtra Sadan scam.</p>
<p>Mumbai: The Maharashtra government-appointed committee has found 32 lakh cases where the term 'Kunbi' is mentioned in old documents related to the Maratha community, Maratha reservation campaigner Manoj Jarange-Patil said on Wednesday. </p><p>“Let me tell you... as of yesterday, 32 lakh records have been found,” Jarange-Patil said, addressing a rally in Igatpuri in the Nashik district. </p><p>The Eknath Shinde-led BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP government has appointed a committee headed by Justice Sandeep Shinde (Retd) to decide the procedure for granting Kunbi caste certificates to the Marathas in the Marathwada region.</p>.New challenge for Shinde govt as Dhangar community's demand for reservation category change takes momentum.<p>The Kunbi community, a sub-caste of Marathas, would be eligible for reservation in the OBC category once a nod is given. The records are being verified at the district levels.</p><p>“I am now sure, we would get reservation…which, in fact, has been denied to us for 70 years,” he said. </p><p>During the state-wide tour, Jarange-Patil, without naming state Food and Civil Supplies Minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, lashed out at him for opposing the move of the government. </p><p>“I know where you used to sell vegetables, whose bungalows you have grabbed, what all you did in Mumbai, which movies and dramas you acted in,” Jarange-Patil said, also referring to the Maharashtra Sadan scam.</p>