The crowd was angry for a range of reasons: non-profitable farming, lack of jobs and even diminishing marriage prospects, among others. These 25 years of their existence have marked an existential crisis for India’s farming communities. In all three states witnessing protests — Maharashtra, Haryana and Gujarat— the current CM is not from the dominant farming caste: Maratha, Jat and Patidar, respectively. Neither does Gujarat.”What the Patels, Marathas, Jats and Kapus find harder to face are the cumulative effects of quotas for lower castes. It’s mainly that the first still owns the second.”But that’s no consolation for the angry Marathas.

Source: Hindustan Times November 02, 2016 05:56 UTC