"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.
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.
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.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that the intentions of the state government are clear on the Maratha reservation issue adding that justice will be ensured towards the Maratha community.
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.
Maharashtra Opposition MLAs met Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar on Wednesday and demanded that he convene a special session of the Maharashtra Assembly as soon as possible amid the ongoing Maratha quota protest.
Amid the ongoing Maratha reservation conflict in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde arranged an all-party meet. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut alleged that his party members were not allowed in the meeting due to political rivalry.
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.