Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray on Monday left for Jalna to meet the protestors protesting for the Maratha reservation. The Rasta Roko movement also got started in multiple locations and Raj Thackeray has been stopping and meeting the people.
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis talking to Jarange Patil over a call assured him that those who are responsible for the unfortunate incident of Jalna will be brought to justice, informed Deputy CMO.
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.
"I want to appeal to PM (Modi) to give reservation to Marathas in the special session in Parliament," said Uddhav in Sarati Antarwali village, a day after violence erupted in Maharashtra's Jalna.
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.
Amid tension in Maharashtra's Jalna because of the lathi charge on protestors over the Maratha reservation, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar met the injured agitators and asked for intervention by the Chief Minister.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home Ministery portfolio, over the violence tied to a Maratha reservation protest in Jalna district.
Maharashtra's Jalna Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Doshi and four to five police personnel got injured after protestors pelted stones at them in the Ambad Chaufuli area on Saturday during their protest demanding Maratha Reservation in Jalna.
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