Ongoing drive to trace Kunbi records of Marathas to be implemented across Maharashtra: CM Shinde
The Hindu
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said the drive of tracing documents of Kunbi antecedents of Marathas will be carried out across the State
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said the drive of tracing documents of Kunbi antecedents of Marathas, which is currently being implemented in the Marathwada region, will be carried out across the State.
This campaign should be implemented in a mission mode, Mr. Shinde directed all divisional commissioners and district collectors during a meeting held in Mumbai on Friday.
His direction a day after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange called off his indefinite hunger strike seeking reservation to Marathas, but vowed to lead a massive march to Mumbai if no decision was taken on the emotive issue within two months.
Speaking after the meeting, CM Shinde said, "The campaign that was implemented in the Marathwada region for searching the Kunbi records will now be extended to the entire State." The Justice (retired) Sandeep Shinde committee will work for the entire State, he said.
He also announced that an officer of additional chief secretary rank has been appointed for monitoring the work.
Divisional commissioners and district collectors across the State attended the meeting via video conferencing.
While taking stock of the work of tracing the Kunbi documents, the Chief Minister issued directions to the divisional commissioner of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division to conduct a workshop of divisional commissioners and district collectors in the entire State and give information about the functioning of the Shinde committee.