‘Govt. should stall recruitment drives’
The Maratha Kranti Morcha on Friday staged simultaneous protests outside 13 tehsildar offices in Raigad district, demanding steps by the State government to vacate the Supreme Court’s stay order on Maratha reservation. The group called for a freeze on government recruitment drives till the community gets justice.
The protests were held outside tehsildar offices in Panvel, Karjat, Uran, Mhasla, Khalapur, Alibaug, Roha, Shrivardhan, Mahad, Poladpur, Tala, Mangaon and Pen in the district.
Vinod Sabale, Raigad coordinator of the Maratha Kranti Morcha, said, “In many high-profile cases, when the Supreme Court refers a case to a larger Constitution Bench, it is transferred without any stay. In our case, the reservation got stayed. This is injustice. We had received justice after fighting for around 35 years. In 2018, we finally received…