24/1/2019
PUNE (MUMBAI):
An
organisation claiming to work for Brahmin rights Tuesday held a dharna demanding
four per cent reservation for the community instead of inclusion in the
Centre's 10 per cent quota for economically backward sections in the general
category.
The protest, in Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, by the Samasta
Brahmin Samaj Maharashtra, an umbrella body of 24 groups, saw around 1500
people, including priests, from Nashik, Thane, Pune and other parts of the
state. A delegation which met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
later told reporters that the CM was positive on their demands except that of
quota.
Vishwajeet Deshpande, an organisation functionary said,
"All other demands except reservation for Brahmins were accepted by the
government. However, reservation is our key demand for which we will continue
our protest." He added that the 10 per cent quota announced by the Narendra
Modi government is for 250 castes and religions.”
"We want 4 per cent quota, which is half of the
population percentage of Brahmins in Maharashtra.
We will intensify our
agitation if the government fails to give reservation before Lok Sabha code of
conduct comes into force," he said. He added that their demands include
creation of a separate financial board for the Brahmin community to help
economically weaker sections, a separate 'atrocity act' to protect the
community as well as student hostels in every district for the community.
The group also demanded free education from kindergarten to
post graduation, completion of the Shivaji memorial and Bharat Ratna for
freedom fighter Veer Savarkar. Deshpande said the statues of Dadoji Konddev and
playwright Ram Ganesh Gadkari should be re-installed. These statues were
removed from the Pune Municipal Corporation premises.
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