With more and more communities demanding caste surveys and reservations, the political mood in Maharashtra has become tense
A Maratha quota agitation in Karad, Oct. 30; (Photo: Raju Sanadi)
The popular mood for caste-based surveys seems to have infected Maharashtra too, but with a twist. One that plots a path the political class was wary of and formed the very basis for their original reluctance towards the idea: a competitive clamour for reservations by more and more groups. Once it sets in, of course, there’s nothing to do but to ride the wave. And so, both deputy chief ministers Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis spoke in favour of an enumeration of Maharashtra’s various caste blocs. Once the results of Bihar’s caste survey were released in October, it was but inevitable: vociferous quota protests had begun, especially from powerful groups like the Marathas.
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