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.
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.
Multiple explosions took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Kalamassery area of Kochi at around 9:00 am and have claimed at least two lives so far.
After concluding the all-party meeting on the Maratha reservation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that the government has decided to give reservations to Marathas and accepted many of the protesters' demands.
Maratha outfits have called for a bandh on Monday (September 11) in protest against the recent lathi charge by the police in Jalna district against protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government on Monday tendered an apology for the lathicharge during a protest over Maratha reservation in Jalna and appealed for peace.