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Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar considers shepherd’s study abroad demands
Updated On: 08 July, 2023 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Rian Khorana
Saurabh, 29, says Pawar has promised to introduce this in the cabinet in the next three to four days.
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Saurabh with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar
The 12,000 postcards from shepherds that flooded the chief minister’s office in October 2022 made the name of Saurabh Hatkar, who spent months last year travelling to the interiors of Maharashtra to give a voice to shepherds, known to most ministers in the state. On Friday, Saurabh claimed that newly sworn-in Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar accepted his demand to increase the number of OBC seats to 75, countering his initial demand of 100 for study abroad student scholarships. Saurabh, 29, says Pawar has promised to introduce this in the cabinet in the next three to four days.
He claimed that Pawar commiserated with his concerns that in spite of the OBC segment having the largest population with 400 castes, they have only 50 seats, which is the least compared to the Marathas and ST segments that have 75 seats each.
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