In the suicide note, the deceased wrote, "People of the Maratha community should gather in Mumbai on October 24 for the movement for the Maratha reservation." At the end of the suicide note, he also apologised, police said.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Thursday questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s stand on the Maratha community's demand for reservations, holding the BJP solely responsible for the ongoing protests in the state on this issue.
Visuals from marketplaces in Pimpri show that all the shutters of shops were down except those of essentials. Several protesters from the Maratha community took out a rally and raised slogans against alleged police atrocities against the protesters.
“People from the Maratha community in Marathwada who are recognised as Kunbis in documents from the Nizam era will get Kunbi certificates,” the Chief Minister said speaking to reporters following a cabinet meeting.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Secretary Pankaja Munde expressed her concern over the lathi-charge in Jalna where protesters were demanding reservation for the Maratha community, and said that a fair investigation should be done at the government level.
Earlier on Saturday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the state government was committed to providing reservations to the Maratha community.
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.
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.
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.
Criticizing the BJP government over police lathi charge on the protesting people for the demand of the Maratha reservation, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule on Friday said that BJP government has cruelly cheated the society and they should apologize to th