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The girl belonged to the Maratha community and the The girl belonged to the Maratha community and theaccused were dalits. Some leaders of Maratha community are also raisingdemand for amendments to the SC and ST Prevention ofAtrocities Act. An interesting aspect of these morchas is that theyare not led by any political leaders or a party. Maratha community has been the dominant player in theMaharashtra politics since the state’s formation, and controlseducation institutes, sugar factories and the cooperativesector. Lakhs attended the community’s ‘silent march’ inAhmednagar and the numbers kept increasing in subsequentmorchas in Aurangabad, Osmanabad, Jalgaon and Beed. A grandmorcha has been planned in Mumbai. PTI VT KRK DIPBAS