Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil had on Wednesday questioned the delay in the implementation of reservations by the Eknath Shinde-led government saying political parties are no different as they have a similar bent of mind in this matter.
In Tamil Nadu, the reservation policy had been in operation since the 1920s, with late chief minister J Jayalalithaa playing an important role in providing legislative support to the 69 per cent reservation in the 1990s.
As the Maratha quota agitation gains momentum, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said that everyone agreed on providing reservation to Marathas in the all-party meeting held in Mumbai and urged activist Manoj Jarange Patil to maintain peace and cooperate with the governme
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Wednesday questioned the delay in the implementation of reservation by the Eknath Shinde-led government saying the political parties are no different as they have a similar bent of mind in this matter.
All businesses and trade under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee shut down today to support the Maratha reservation demand by Manoj Jarange Patil.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that his party MPs and MLAs were not sent an invitation to the all-party meeting called by the Maharashtra government on the Maratha reservation.
After a conversation with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Manoj Jarange Patil on Monday morning, who was on hunger strike in Antarwali Sarati village demanding Maratha reservation ended his hunger strike and took water.
Manoj Jarange Patil, who works as a coordinator for the Maratha Morcha, is on a hunger strike unto death demanding reservation for the Maratha community.
After the Maratha reservation meeting held today, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that the government have formed an advisory board under the leadership of various retired Judges to look into the matter.
As per a release issued by the state government, the meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted for Maratha Reservation and Facilities was scheduled to be held on Monday, October 30 in Mantralaya, the government building.