Maratha community seeks 2A reservation
The Hindu
Amid demand for reservation by Lingayat Panchamasali, Kuruba and Valmiki communities, members of Maratha community have now raised their voice to demand reservation under 2A and representation in the
Amid demand for reservation by Lingayat Panchamasali, Kuruba and Valmiki communities, members of Maratha community have now raised their voice to demand reservation under 2A and representation in the State Cabinet. A State-level consultation on these demands apart from setting up of a study chair in the name of Shivaji Maharaj was held at Ambadagatti village near Kittur town in Belagavi district on Sunday in which the former Minister Shrimant Patil, Congress Member of Legislative Assembly Anjali Nimbalkar and several senior leaders of the community took part. Speaking to presspersons on the occasion, Ms. Nimbalkar said that during byelections to Basavakalyan Assembly and Belagavi Lok Sabha constituencies, the then Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced the setting up of the Maratha Development Board.Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.