India, April 15 -- Amid the Ambedkar birth anniversary celebrations across Maharashtra, a conflict has erupted between various scheduled castes (SCs) regarding the sub-classification of the SC community and by extension the benefits it gets by reservation. Even as Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar has challenged the report of the Anant Badar Committee on the sub-classification issue, leaders of the Matang community, the second largest SC population in Maharashtra, have demanded a dedicated 5% quota within the overall 13% SC quota.

The fracas began with the state government's decision on Monday to extend the deadline for submitting opinions and objections on the sub-classification issue by 15 days. 'The committee headed by ret...