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Mumbai, Dec 03: The Maharashtra cabinet has come to a decision and cleared a proposal to rename colonies and areas that have caste-based names. Instead, it will be named after social workers and leaders or their related work.
According to reports, most of the cases that are likely to be withdrawn are of those registered against political workers and leaders for their agitations over various issues.
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Several rural as well as urban areas are named after castes such as Maharwada, Mangwada, Bhrahmanwada, Mali Galli, Dhorvasti, among others. According to Munde, such names do not suit a “progressive” state like…
