Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil warned the Devendra Fadnavis led authorities that he won’t go away Mumbai till his “constitutionally legitimate” demand for reservation to the Maratha group is accepted, PTI reported. He started his indefinite starvation strike on August 29 and has entered the third day of protest.
He mentioned authorities possesses data indicating that Kunbis and Marathas belong to the identical caste whereas mentioning folks from the Maratha group reached Mumbai to participate within the agitation with anguish and requested Maharashtra authorities to not view them as a “crowd”.
“From tomorrow, I’ll cease taking water as the federal government is just not accepting the calls for. However I’m not going again until the quota demand is met. We are going to get Marathas reservation underneath the OBC class it doesn’t matter what. Our demand is constitutionally legitimate. The federal government has data of 58 lakh Marathas as Kunbis. Marathas will come to Mumbai (for the agitation) as and after they get time,” the 43-year-old activist acknowledged, including, “the federal government should not contemplate them as crowd. They’ve come right here with loads of ache”.
Jarange mentioned meals from provide vans needs to be given to the protesters at numerous locations like Vashi, Chembur, Sewri, Masjid Bunder. He informed his supporters to maintain their automobiles at specified parking slots and take practice to achieve Azad Maidan.
Jarange has been searching for a ten p.c reservation for Marathas and is pushing for them to be recognized as Kunbis, an agricultural caste listed underneath the Different Backward Lessons (OBC) class, which might make them eligible for quotas in authorities jobs and training. Nonetheless, this transfer is dealing with opposition from OBC leaders, the report famous.
In the meantime, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday questioned why the Maratha reservation problem has resurfaced, suggesting that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ought to reply since he had resolved it beforehand.
In January 2024, Jarange’s march towards Mumbai was halted at Vashi in Navi Mumbai after the then Shinde-led Shiv Sena authorities assured that the reservation calls for could be fulfilled.
In February final yr, whereas Eknath Shinde was Chief Minister, the Maharashtra legislature held a particular one-day session and unanimously permitted a invoice granting the Maratha group a ten p.c reservation in training and authorities jobs underneath the ‘Socially and Economically Backward Lessons’ class. This reservation has since been contested in court docket.
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