<p>Jalna: Amid the reservation row, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar has claimed that "Nizami Marathas" are trying to snatch the quota designated for the Other Backward Classes.</p>.<p>The OBCs should thwart such plans in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, Ambedkar said at public meeting on Tuesday in Jalna as part of his 'Aaraskshan Bachao Yatra'.</p>.<p>He also hit out at activist Manoj Jarange, who has been demanding reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and education under the OBC category.</p>.<p>The state government enacted a law in February to provide them a 10 per cent quota under a separate category.</p>.<p>OBC leaders, including cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal, have opposed any dilution of the existing quota for backward communities.</p>.<p>The VBA chief started the yatra on July 25 from Mumbai's Chaityabhoomi, the memorial of his grandfather Dr B R Ambedkar, and it will conclude in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"Nizami Marathas are trying to snatch the OBC reservation," Prakash Ambedkar said, highlighting the historical context of the Nizam's rule over the erstwhile Hyderabad state which included the Marathwada region.</p>.<p>The last Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, lost power after Hyderabad's annexation in 1948.</p>.<p>The VBA head claimed Maratha leaders from both the ruling and opposition parties were planning to undermine the OBC reservation system after the upcoming assembly elections.</p>.<p>The OBCs should thwart their plan in the assembly polls, due in October, he said.</p>.<p>Prakash Ambedkar said the OBC reservation is at stake.</p>.<p>He asked people to send 100 members from the OBC and VBA to the Maharashtra assembly to foil the "plan" of diluting the OBC reservation.</p>.<p>OBC activist Navnath Waghmare, who had staged a 10-day hunger strike alongwith Laxman Hake for the protection of OBC quota, was also present in the rally.</p>.<p>He hit out at Jarange for disrespecting senior leaders like Chhagan Bhujbal.</p>.<p>Waghmare also accused Maratha leaders in power of supporting Jarange's "unreasonable demands" which undermine the legitimate rights of the OBC community.</p>
<p>Jalna: Amid the reservation row, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar has claimed that "Nizami Marathas" are trying to snatch the quota designated for the Other Backward Classes.</p>.<p>The OBCs should thwart such plans in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, Ambedkar said at public meeting on Tuesday in Jalna as part of his 'Aaraskshan Bachao Yatra'.</p>.<p>He also hit out at activist Manoj Jarange, who has been demanding reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and education under the OBC category.</p>.<p>The state government enacted a law in February to provide them a 10 per cent quota under a separate category.</p>.<p>OBC leaders, including cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal, have opposed any dilution of the existing quota for backward communities.</p>.<p>The VBA chief started the yatra on July 25 from Mumbai's Chaityabhoomi, the memorial of his grandfather Dr B R Ambedkar, and it will conclude in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"Nizami Marathas are trying to snatch the OBC reservation," Prakash Ambedkar said, highlighting the historical context of the Nizam's rule over the erstwhile Hyderabad state which included the Marathwada region.</p>.<p>The last Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, lost power after Hyderabad's annexation in 1948.</p>.<p>The VBA head claimed Maratha leaders from both the ruling and opposition parties were planning to undermine the OBC reservation system after the upcoming assembly elections.</p>.<p>The OBCs should thwart their plan in the assembly polls, due in October, he said.</p>.<p>Prakash Ambedkar said the OBC reservation is at stake.</p>.<p>He asked people to send 100 members from the OBC and VBA to the Maharashtra assembly to foil the "plan" of diluting the OBC reservation.</p>.<p>OBC activist Navnath Waghmare, who had staged a 10-day hunger strike alongwith Laxman Hake for the protection of OBC quota, was also present in the rally.</p>.<p>He hit out at Jarange for disrespecting senior leaders like Chhagan Bhujbal.</p>.<p>Waghmare also accused Maratha leaders in power of supporting Jarange's "unreasonable demands" which undermine the legitimate rights of the OBC community.</p>