Maratha Kranti Morcha

Maratha Kranti Morcha
Location Worldwide
Also known as मराठा क्रांती (मूक) मोर्चा
Organised by Maratha Community
Website marathakrantimorcha.org
Maratha Kranti Morcha

The protest started against the rape and murder in Kopardi[1] (district Ahmednagar), the victim was a minor school girl. The protesters demand death punishment to rapists as early as possible. No political leader! No slogans! and cleaning of the whole City/town after the march is a very interesting and welcoming part of this whole movement. Million of peoples come together to protest from all parts of Maharashtra but no harm is done to any public property or damage to any private property is notable thing in this March. The demand for reservation is also a part of this protest. In Maharashtra Maratha community demands reservation in education and government services. Infertility & droughts have continuously hit the Maratha farmers causing financial problems. Due to lack of reservation unemployment becomes a major problem. Some part of Maratha community known as Kunbi gets benefits of Other Backward Class category reservation; but most people are left out of it.

Demands

  1. Punishment to culprits in Kopardi rape and murder case.
  2. Reservation in education and government jobs.
  3. Implement recommendations of National Commission on Farmers chaired by Dr. M. S. Swaminathan.
  4. Amendment in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 to stop its misuse.[2]

Rules and discipline

Being silent protest this march follow some rules and discipline.

Role of Social Media

Social Media played a key role in the protest; various Facebook groups and pages were created to make this protest successful.[3] Many college students, graduates and IT professionals were actively managing the protest and providing information using social media.[4]A war room was established to monitor and control the movement of the protest during the period.

On 9 October 2016 the protest hit social media including Twitter and Facebook. Hashtag #MarathaKrantiMorcha was trending on Twitter[5] and Facebook.


Social

To counter the Maratha Kranti Morcha a consolidation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Dalits 10 splinter groups have forged an alliance and decided to organise silent morchas across Maharashtra with aim of defending their reservation quota and demand not to tampering with the reservation norms or any amendment to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.[6]

Political


Judicial

Participation in Protest

Silent Protest

July 2016

First Maratha Morcha started from Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad, Maharashtra)

August 2016

9 August 2016 – Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad, Maharashtra)

26 August 2016 - Osmanabad

29 August 2016 – Jalgaon

30 August 2016 – Beed[10]

September 2016

3 September 2016 – Parbhani

17 September 2016 – Hingoli

18 September 2016 – Nanded

18 September 2016 – Phaltan

19 September 2016 – Jalna, Maharashtra

19 September 2016 – Latur

19 September 2016 – Akola

21 September 2016 – Solapur

21 September 2016 – Navi Mumbai

22 September 2016 – Amravati

23 September 2016 – Ahmednagar

24 September 2016 – Nashik

25 September 2016 – Pune

25 September 2016 – Washim

26 September 2016 – Buldhana

26 September 2016 – Saint Petersburg[11]

27 September 2016 – Sangli

28 September 2016 – Dhule

29 September 2016 – Baramati

October 2016

2 October 2016 – Hyderabad[12]

3 October 2016 – Satara (city)

3 October 2016 – Dubai[13]

9 October 2016 – Tweet Morcha[14][15]

9 October 2016 – Daman district, India[16]

9 October 2016 – Badlapur[17][18]

13 October 2016 – Vaijapur

15 October 2016 – Kolhapur[19]

16 October 2016 – Thane[20][21]

16 October 2016 – Indore

16 October 2016 – Chiplun[22]

16 October 2016(PST)- New York City[23]

17 October 2016 – Sillod

17 October 2016 – Khuldabad

19 October 2016 – Chandrapur[24]

19 October 2016 – Bidar, Karnataka[25]

23 October 2016 – Palghar

23 October 2016 – Sindhudurg

23 October 2016 – Wardha

23 October 2016 – Mangaon

24 October 2016 – Soyagaon

25 October 2016 – Nagpur

25 October 2016 – Gangapur,_Maharashtra

November 2016

6 November 2016 – Paithan

6 November 2016 – Bike Rally Mumbai

20 November 2016 – Delhi

21 November 2016 – Kannad

December 2016

14 December 2016 – Nagpur

February 2017

16 February 2017 – Belgaum

March 2017

6 March 2017 – Mumbai

August 2017

5 August 2017 - Osmanabad - Bike Rally

5 August 2017 - Barshi - Bike Rally

Final Silent Protest in Mumbai

9 August 2017 – Mumbai[26][27][28]

The Maratha Kranti Morcha take out its biggest silent protest in financial capital of India Mumbai on 9 August 2017. Around half millions powerful agrarian members of Maratha community from the different parts of the state gathered in Mumbai. The protest started from Jijamata Zoo Byculla and culminate at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. The schools and junior colleges about 450 institues in South Mumbai remain shut. The Mumbai's famed Dabbawalas take the day off and particiapate in the morcha.[29]

The memorandum of demands handed over to Devendra Fadnavis - the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

During this last silent protest, the leaders from Maratha community also warned to move on to Violent Protest after two weeks in case the state authorities choose not to act on their demands.[30]

Violent Protest

The road blockage agitations (Chakka Jam) were held on 31 January 2017 to gather momentum and mount pressure on the state government before the community’s silent rally scheduled in Mumbai on 6 March 2017. The idea of holding a road blockage agitations (Chakka Jaam) across the state was criticized in the appeal made though an advertisement that appeared on 30 January 2017. The advertisement said that holding road blockage agitations (Chakka Jaam) will only divert peaceful agitation and innocent youths will be taken on record for being part of this agitation that may get violent.[31]

  • Death : not reported
  • Non-Fatal injuries : at least 3 citizens[32]
  • Property damage : not reported
  • Arrests(s) : at least 27[33]

January 2017

31 January 2017 – Mumbai[34] & All Over Maharashtra[35]

Impact

After continuous growing protest in each city and millions of peoples participation in each Maratha Kranti Morcha, on 13 October 2016 the Government of Maharashtra took decision[36] and

  • Increased the upper limit of the Economically Backward Class (EBC) to Rupee 600,000 (Rupee 0.6 Million) and announced extension of monetary benefits under this category to students from all castes. The students from the EBC category studying in all professional courses will be eligible for the benefits such as fee reimbursement under the Rajshri Shahu Maharaj Scheme, which was named after the Maratha king Rajshri Shahu of Kolhapur who introduced reservation policy for the first time in his kingdom Kolhapur State.
  • Announced schemes for children of small land holding farmers under the Panjabrao Deshmukh Scheme. The children of farmers with small land holding (2.5 Hectare for non-irrigated and 2 Hectare for irrigated) will be given financial assistance to pay housing rents in different cities. The upper limit for metros will be Rs. 30,000 a year, while that for smaller cities, it will be Rs. 20,000 a year.

As the Bombay high court had stayed the 16% reservation granted to Marathas in jobs and education on grounds that the data used by the government was faulty. The Government of Maharashtra on 5 December 2016 filed a 2,800-page affidavit to justify the reservation for Marathas as legal and that it did not violate constitutional provisions. The affidavit contained documents substantiating its claim that the community is socially and educationally backward.[37]

See also

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reporter, Staff (17 July 2016). "Girl, 15, brutally gang-raped and strangled in Kopardi village by three men who were 'drinking liquor to celebrate buying a motorcycle'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  2. ↑ Reporter, Staff (29 September 2016). "अपंग मुलीवर बलात्कार करून अॅट्रॉसिटीची धमकी". सकाळ (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  3. ↑ Suryawanshi, Sudhir (20 September 2016). "Maratha body eyes social media". DNA-Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Maratha Kranti Morcha owes its success to social media, not mainstream media". Firstpost. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  5. ↑ Reporter, Staff (9 October 2016). "ट्विटरवरही '#एकमराठालाखमराठा'चा एल्गार". IBN-लोकमत (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  6. ↑ Khapre, Shubhangi (15 October 2016). "Maratha protests: OBCs, Dalits plan silent morchas to defend quotas". The Indian Express (in en-GB). Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  7. ↑ Nair, Shalini (31 August 2016). "Upper castes should get 25 per cent quota, will take up with PM Modi: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  8. ↑ "Police File Charge Sheet in Kopardi Gangrape-Murder Case". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  9. ↑ Reporter, Staff (20 October 2016). "Trial in Kopardi rape and murder case begins". PTI News (in En-GB). Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  10. ↑ शेळके, गोविंद (8 August 2016). "बीडमध्ये मराठा समाजाचा विराट मोर्चा". ABP माझा (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  11. ↑ Jai Maharashtra News (26 September 2016), Maratha Morcha at Russia, retrieved 2016-10-15
  12. ↑ "हैदराबादला मराठा मोर्चा- हजारो उतरले रस्त्यावर". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  13. ↑ "Maratha Kranti Morcha Dubai | दुबईतही मराठा मोर्चाचा आवाज; दुबईकर मराठ्यांनी दिला मोर्चाला पाठिंबा". India.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  14. ↑ Mane, Shrimant (10 October 2016). "मराठा क्रांती मोर्चा असाही...!". सकाळ (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  15. ↑ Reporter, Staff (9 October 2016). "ट्विटरवरही '#एकमराठालाखमराठा'चा एल्गार". IBN-लोकमत (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  16. ↑ सोनवणे, अविनाश (9 October 2016). "मराठा मोर्चाचं वादळ आता परराज्यात, दमणमधील मराठी भाषिक रस्त्यावर". ABP माझा (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  17. ↑ Reporter, Staff (10 October 2016). "बदलापूरमध्ये भव्य मराठा मोर्चा". ZEE २४ तास (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  18. ↑ Reporter, Staff (9 October 2016). "बदलापूरात मराठा क्रांती मूक मोर्चाला उदंड प्रतिसाद". EENADU INDIA आपली मराठी (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  19. ↑ Chari, Mridula (16 October 2016). "The rumbling sound of silence: 25 lakh gather for Maratha rally in Kolhapur". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  20. ↑ Reporter, Staff (16 October 2016). "ठाण्यात मराठा सामाज्याचा आक्रोश". आवाज News Line (in Marathi). Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  21. ↑ PTI, Reporter (16 October 2016). "Maratha agitation: Silent march in Thane, a prelude to Mumbai's rally". Firstpost. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  22. ↑ Reporter, Staff (16 October 2016). "चिपळुणातील मराठा मोर्चाने गर्दीचा उच्चांक". सकाळ eSakal.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  23. ↑ "मराठा मूकमोर्चाचं वादळ सातासमुद्रापार, अमेरिकेतही मराठा मोर्चा". ABP Majha. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  24. ↑ Reporter, Staff (19 October 2016). "चंद्रपुरात मराठा मूकमोर्चाचा हुंकार". ABP माझा (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  25. ↑ Reporter, Staff (19 October 2016). "कर्नाटकच्या बिदरमध्ये मराठा क्रांती मोर्चाचा एल्गार". ABP माझा (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2016-10-20.
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  27. ↑ Staff, Reporter (6 August 2017). "Maratha Kranti Morcha will be held on August 9". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
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  29. ↑ ServiceStaff, News (27 May 2017). "Today, dabbawalas take a day off". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  30. ↑ More, Manoj (9 August 2017). "Last silent Maratha march today, leaders warn of aggressive stir if CM Devendra Fadnavis fails to act". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  31. ↑ Appeal, Newspaper (30 January 2017). "मराठा समाजाला आवाहन". लोकमत (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  32. ↑ केंडे, कृष्णा (31 January 2017). "औरंगाबादेत चक्काजामला हिंसक वळण, आंदोलकांची पोलिसांवर दगडफेक". ABP माझा (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  33. ↑ Web Team, ABP Maza (31 January 2017). "चक्काजाम आंदोलनात कुठे काय घडलं?". ABP माझा (in Marathi language). Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  34. ↑ Web Desk, FPJ (31 January 2017). "Chakka Jam across Maharashtra call by Maratha group, 2 arrested". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  35. ↑ Shaikh, Mohammed Uzair (31 January 2017). "Chakka Jam Across Maharashtra called by Maratha Groups: Statewide protest against Kopardi gangrape case on 31st January". India.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  36. ↑ Jog, Sanjay (14 October 2016). "Maharashtra extends educational subsidies for poor across castes". Business Standard. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  37. ↑ Deshpande, Swati (6 December 2016). "Maharashtra files 2,800-page affidavit to justify Maratha reservation". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-12-06.

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