Mumbai, 9/4: To defuse the crisis involving the Maratha abnd OBC reservation issue, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who had boycotted the Cabinet after the BJP-led Maha Yuti decision accepted the demand of Manoj Jarange-Patil to accept Marathas of Marathwada region as Kunbis based on records of Hyderabad Gazetteer.
The 77-year-old Bhujbal, who holds the food, civil supplies and consumer protection portfolio, is a veteran OBC leader and the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad.
