Aurangabad: The action committee — pursuing the demand for reservation to Dhangar community — reiterating their quota demand on Monday and submitted a memorandum to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.Stating that necessary groundwork for inclusion of Dhangar community has been completed, the forum has accused the state government for sitting on the proposal for inclusion of the community into the Scheduled Tribe (ST).Community leaders tried to meet Fadnavis during his visit to Aurangabad during Marathwada Liberation Day event on Monday, but were prevented by the police due to security issues. Later, the committee submitted a memorandum of their demand to the chief minister through police on airport while he was leaving for Mumbai.“The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai was asked to submit necessary report, which it already did. The report was then expected to submit before the Stats Tribal development department for further action before November-end. However, the government has reportedly not forwarded the TISS report,” Rangnath Rathod, district head of the action committee for Dhangar community, said.Stating that the BJP-led government in Maharashtra had promised desired quota for the Dhangar community before coming into power, Rathod said the chief minister should not forget the promise made to the community during poll days.“Our community members are running out of patience. If any law and order situation arises in the state in future, the state government will be solely responsible for it,” he added.It should be noted that during at an all-party meeting held in Mumbai last month to discuss the demand from the Dhangar community, the chief minister had reiterated his stand that the government was committed to consider the demand for quota under the ST category.

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