<p>Mumbai: Despite Maratha reservation campaigner Manoj Jarange-Patil's ongoing stand-off with the Maharashtra government, fractures within his associates have started to emerge.</p><p>In the last two days, two person formerly aligned with the campaign -- Ajay Maharaj Baraskar and Sangeeta Wankhede -- have openly criticised Jarange-Patil, the founder of Shivba Sanghatana, based in Antarwali Sarathi village, Ambad tehsil, Jalna district.</p><p>Ajay Baraskar, a kirtankar, accused Jarange-Patil of lacking transparency. "While he used to meet officials and ministers in presence of his supporters and mediapersons, he had also held closed-door meetings and what happened in those meetings, no one knows the details," Baraskar said. </p><p>He also accused him of having one of the meetings with an official in a hotel. "I am witness to some of these meetings," Baraskar claimed.</p><p>Sangeeta Wankhede, formerly associated directly with Jarange-Patil, said over the years he (Jarange-Patil) had supported anyone who had taken up the cause of Maratha reservation.</p><p>She also accused Jarange-Patil of being in contact with NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, alleging "direct communication channels" between them.</p>.Maratha activists show black flags to ruling NCP leaders over quota issue; detained.<p>Jarange-Patil is undertaking a fast-unto-death, now in its 13th day, marking his fourth hunger strike within six months.</p><p>With the enactment of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Bill, 2024, granting 10 per cent reservation, the Maratha community faces two alternatives.</p><p>In a parallel effort last year, the government sought Kunbi-Maratha and Maratha-Kunbi records, discovering 57 lakh records according to Jarange-Patil. </p><p>Kunbis, a Maratha sub-caste, fall under OBCs, enabling them to access job and educational reservations with these certificates.</p><p>However, Jarange-Patil's demand extends to recognising Marathas as Kunbis, advocating for separate quotas from the OBCs, and the formal notification of 'sage-soyare,' -- Marathi term for ‘relatives from the family tree -- expanding the quota's scope.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Despite Maratha reservation campaigner Manoj Jarange-Patil's ongoing stand-off with the Maharashtra government, fractures within his associates have started to emerge.</p><p>In the last two days, two person formerly aligned with the campaign -- Ajay Maharaj Baraskar and Sangeeta Wankhede -- have openly criticised Jarange-Patil, the founder of Shivba Sanghatana, based in Antarwali Sarathi village, Ambad tehsil, Jalna district.</p><p>Ajay Baraskar, a kirtankar, accused Jarange-Patil of lacking transparency. "While he used to meet officials and ministers in presence of his supporters and mediapersons, he had also held closed-door meetings and what happened in those meetings, no one knows the details," Baraskar said. </p><p>He also accused him of having one of the meetings with an official in a hotel. "I am witness to some of these meetings," Baraskar claimed.</p><p>Sangeeta Wankhede, formerly associated directly with Jarange-Patil, said over the years he (Jarange-Patil) had supported anyone who had taken up the cause of Maratha reservation.</p><p>She also accused Jarange-Patil of being in contact with NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, alleging "direct communication channels" between them.</p>.Maratha activists show black flags to ruling NCP leaders over quota issue; detained.<p>Jarange-Patil is undertaking a fast-unto-death, now in its 13th day, marking his fourth hunger strike within six months.</p><p>With the enactment of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Bill, 2024, granting 10 per cent reservation, the Maratha community faces two alternatives.</p><p>In a parallel effort last year, the government sought Kunbi-Maratha and Maratha-Kunbi records, discovering 57 lakh records according to Jarange-Patil. </p><p>Kunbis, a Maratha sub-caste, fall under OBCs, enabling them to access job and educational reservations with these certificates.</p><p>However, Jarange-Patil's demand extends to recognising Marathas as Kunbis, advocating for separate quotas from the OBCs, and the formal notification of 'sage-soyare,' -- Marathi term for ‘relatives from the family tree -- expanding the quota's scope.</p>