"I condemn this incident. Protestors who were lathi-charged must be heard. Just like any MP or MLA is heard and is given due importance, if any citizen or protester says that he has not done anything wrong it should be given importance and a fair investigation should take place," Munde said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said that the state government was committed to provide reservation to the Maratha community and appealed to citizens to maintain peace.
"I want to appeal to PM (Modi) to give reservation to Marathas in the special session in Parliament," said Uddhav in Sarati Antarwali village, a day after violence erupted in Maharashtra's Jalna.
A day after agitation for reservation for the Maratha community turned violent in Maharashtra's Jalna, several Opposition leaders condemned Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led state government in the state.
Amid tension in Maharashtra's Jalna because of the lathi charge on protestors over the Maratha reservation, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar met the injured agitators and asked for intervention by the Chief Minister.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home Ministery portfolio, over the violence tied to a Maratha reservation protest in Jalna district.
Maharashtra's Jalna Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Doshi and four to five police personnel got injured after protestors pelted stones at them in the Ambad Chaufuli area on Saturday during their protest demanding Maratha Reservation in Jalna.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Mahrashtra government over the alleged lathi charge on protestors demanding reservation for the Maratha community in Jalna district, saying that Chief Minister Ekanth Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and A
Condemning the lathi charge by police on the protesters demanding reservation for the Maratha community in Jalna district, former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that it was a very unfortunate incident and this was the failure of the state government.
Two people were killed and one critically injured when a car and a container vehicle collided with each other on the Samruddhi highway in Chandanzira near Jalna, said police. The deceased and the injured were members of the same family, the authorities added.