Mumbai: The reservation issue involving Marathas and Other Backward Classes in Maharashtra took a major turn with Manoj Jarange-Patil alleging that NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has hatched a plot to 'eliminate' him.

Munde, a former minister, who hails from the OBC-Vanjari community, however said that allegations of the Maratha reservation campaigner must be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Munde, the son of late Pandit Anna Munde and nephew of late Gopinath Munde, is considered close to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is the NCP President.

The charges and counter-charges involving Jarange and Munde, who is an MLA from Parli in Beed district, would have a bearing in the politics of the Marathwada region, where the d

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