Following the footsteps of his father Narayan Rane, who chaired a committee that recommended and got reservations for the Maratha community, Nitesh Rane wants reservations in housing societies for Marathi-speaking people.
<img title="Nitesh Rane" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/aug/Nitesh-Rane.jpg" alt="Nitesh Rane" /> Nitesh Rane
Rane junior has been quite vocal about the fact that Maharashtrians are not being sold flats, largely due to the fact that they are non-vegetarians. He wrote on social networking site Twitter, &ldquo;Reservations in once Marathi centric areas of Mumbai should be considered! Builders should be told to give certain number of flats to Marathi families.&rdquo;
He further tweeted, &ldquo;This will help us to ensure that Marathi percentage doesn&rsquo;t go down as, in spite of money, Marathis are not given flats by certain developers.
What say?&rdquo; Rane referred to areas like Lalbaug, Parel, Lower Parel and other areas, where the population of Maharashtrians is reducing, thanks to the real estate projects in the area &ndash; many of which are by Gujarati builders. Gujarat not model state Rane, for the past few days, has been targeting Gujarat. Earlier, he had tweeted against Gujarat and its residents, &ldquo;One sees an increase of cars with the number plate &lsquo;GJ&rsquo; more than &lsquo;MH&rsquo;. This has been contributed by builders selling flats only to a certain community!&rdquo;
Speaking to mid-day, Rane said, &ldquo;I am fighting for the Marathi cause. When they (Gujarati) want people from their community to grow, I also want the Marathis to grow. I will be approaching the Registrar of societies and ask him to implement reservation for Marathis.&rdquo; He further added that Maharashtrians didn&rsquo;t get homes in places like Parel and Lalbaug as they are discriminated on account of being non-vegetarians.
This reporter spoke to builders, all of whom refused to come on record, fearing a backlash. Said a builder, &ldquo;We are here to do business; we sell flats to anyone who can pay for them. We are not the public sector to have such reservations. Even MHADA doesn&rsquo;t have reservations for Marathi people. How can anyone expect us to give region based reservations?&rdquo;

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