"Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has done a good job. Our protest is now over. Our request has been accepted. We will accept the letter from him. I will drink juice by the hands of the Chief Minister tomorrow (Saturday)," Patil said while addressing a press conference on Friday night.
Maratha Reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Friday warned Maharashtra government to issue a Government Resolution regarding Maratha quota adding that if demands are not met by tonight then protestors will march towards Mumbai on Saturday morning.
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil's Padayatra demanding immediate implementation of the Maratha reservation entered its 4th day on Tuesday. He will resume his march towards Mumbai from Ranjangaon, Pune today.
"We don't have any other option than to go to Mumbai. Today is the second day of the padayatra. Nearly 15 lakh people joined the padayatra yesterday. We have to ask some of them to go back to avoid inconvenience...," Manoj Jarange Patil said on Sunday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Tuesday that a special session will be called to discuss the Maratha reservation in February 2024 and assured that no injustice will be done to any other community while giving reservation to the Maratha community.
After a meeting with Maharashtra MPs in the national capital regarding the Maratha reservation, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) MP Dr Shrikant Shinde asserted that the Maharashtra government is serious about providing the reservation to the Marathas.
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Sunday refused to budge and give time to the Eknath Shinde-led Maha Yuti dispensation after December 24, 2023 over Maratha reservations.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday said that the grand old party will provide Maratha reservations in the state on the basis of the caste census if the party is voted to power.
The Maharashtra Government delegation including Minister Sandipan Bhumre and Minister Atul Save handed over the Government resolution (GR) on the ongoing Maratha quota row to activist Manoj Jarange.
Eknath Shinde said, "It might be the first incident in history for a justice (retired) to visit a fasting protest site to resolve the situation, Manoj Jarange Patil has given a two-month deadline of January 2. The government will seriously undertake steps to provide judicially sustainable an