Native name मराठा क्रांती मोर्चा Organised by Maratha Community | Location Worldwide | |
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Also known as मराठा क्रांती (मूक) मोर्चा Website marathakrantimorcha.org | ||
The Maratha community has been protesting and organizing silent rallies across the state with each district witnessing large number of people participating. It is silent protest against rape and murder in Kopardi (district Ahmednagar), victim was minor school girl. The protesters demand death punishment to rapist as early as possible. No leader! No slogans! and cleaning of whole City/town after march is very interesting and welcoming part of this movement. Million of peoples come together to protest but no harm to any public property or damage to any private property is notable thing in this March. The reservation demand is also a part of this protest. In Maharashtra Maratha community demands reservation in education and government services, most of farmers committed suicide belongs to Maratha caste, division of lands in small pieces makes critical condition. Infertility, drought hit continuously to Maratha. Due to lack of reservation, the unemployment becomes major problem. Some part of Maratha community known as Kunbi gets benefits of Other Backward Class category reservation; but most people are out of benefits. More than 95% of Maratha are socially and educationally backward. There natural demand is reservation in education and employment. Maratha Kranti Morcha broke record of human crowd in silent march and continued to break records at each and every time in all cities. No harm to national property is very healthy thing to democracy. Communal harmony also improved due to this Morcha. The minorities like Muslim community also supported this Morcha.
Contents
Demands
- Punishment to culprits in Kopardi rape and murder case.
- Reservation in education and government jobs.
- Implement recommendations of National Commission on Farmers chaired by Prof. M. S. Swaminathan.
- Amendment in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 to stop its misuse.
Appreciation
The police are appreciating these silent march for its discipline and cleanness. Millions of Maratha joined this movement silently. This is one of the World's Largest Peaceful Protest March. This protest brought together Maratha Community. Till date in various regions across Maharashtra, India almost 20 to 30 Million people have actively participated in this march at different locations. And continued to participate.
Rules and discipline
Being silent protest this march follow some rules and discipline.
Role of Social Media
Social Media played a key role in the protest; various Facebook groups and pages were created to make this protest successful. Many college students and IT professionals were actively managing the protest and providing information using social media.
On 9 October 2016 protest hits the Twitter and Facebook. Hashtag #MarathaKrantiMorcha was trending on Twitter and Facebook.
Social Media pages, group and app,
Ignorance by Mainstream Media
Some people blamed Indian Hindi media & some of the Marathi media houses for ignoring this march. It was observed that Hindi media was ignoring the march while international news house BBC and The Independent was covering this march
Social
To counter the Maratha Kranti Morcha a consolidation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Dalits 10 splinter groups have forged an alliance and decided to organise silent morchas across Maharashtra with aim of defending their reservation quota and demand not to tampering with the reservation norms or any amendment to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.