India, Oct. 11 -- Thousands of people from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community participated in a rally in Nagpur on Friday, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the September 2 Government Resolution (GR) granting Kunbi status to eligible Marathas. The protesters warned that if the GR is not scrapped soon, the OBC community would choke the roads of cities like Mumbai, Pune, and Thane.

The protest march, organised under the banner of the Sakal OBC Maha Morcha, began at Yeshwant Stadium and culminated in a large gathering three kilometres away at Samvidhan Square in Nagpur's busy Civil Lines area. Thousands of participants, holding placards and chanting slogans, opposed the GR, which allows Marathas who can prove their Kunbi lineage...