The Banjara community is urging the Maharashtra government to consider the Hyderabad gazette and shift them from Other Backward Classes (OBC) to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.

The community claims that, according to the Hyderabad gazette, they are listed as tribals. Now that the Maharashtra government has agreed to consider the Maratha community of Marathwada as Kunbis, based on the gazette, the Banjara community of Marathwada has expressed a desire to be considered tribals based on the same document.