Thursday, 02 May 2024
Thursday, 02 May 2024
Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil with supporters after the Maharashtra government accepted his demands, in Navi Mumbai. Jarange, who spearheaded the agitation over the reservation issue, had been demanding Kunbi certificates for all Marathas.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil at the protest venue. CM Shinde reached the protest venue around 10.45 am. Jarange accepted a glass of juice offered to him by the CM and ended his indefinite fast.
Members of Sakal Maratha Samaj celebrate after the Maharashtra government accepted Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil's demands. Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange said Marathas will not sit quietly until the police personnel responsible for lathicharging peaceful protesters from the community in Jalna district in September are dismissed from service.
Supporters of Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil celebrate after the Maharashtra government accepted his demands. Jarange along with thousands of others on January 20 embarked on a protest march from Maharashtra's Jalna district to Mumbai to draw the state government's attention to the demand for reservation to his community.
People from Maratha community make way for an ambulance during their protest demanding Maratha reservation, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk in Navi Mumbai on January 26, 2024. Residents in many villages of Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district on November 2 launched a ‘jail bharo’ (court arrest) protest in support of the Maratha quota agitation, an official said.
Maratha leader Manoj Jarange Patil leads the Maratha Reservation Front's march towards Lonavala in Pune on January 24, 2024. Leaders at an all-party meeting on Maratha quota chaired by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on November 1 had passed a resolution asking Jarange to call off his indefinite fast.
Maratha Kranti Morcha activists burn tyres and other inflamable items during a protest on Pune-Solapur Highway to press for Maratha reservation, in Solapur on November 1, 2023. Pro-quota protesters on October 30 set on fire the residence of NCP MLA Prakash Solanke and also hurled stones at it, torched a municipal council building and vandalised the office of another legislator in Maharashtra, police said.
Activists of Maratha Kranti Morcha and Sakal Maratha Samaj during a march to press for Maratha reservation, in Karad, October 30, 2023. Members of the Maratha community were staging protests seeking reservation in government jobs and education under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
Activist Manoj Jarange Patil leaves from the venue of a meeting over Maratha reservation, in Mumbai on October 19, 2023. Manoj Jarange brought the Maratha quota stir to the centre stage of the state’s politics after he started an indefinite hunger strike in Antarwali Sarati in Jalna on August 29.
Sakal Maratha Samaj members stage a 'Rasta Roko' protest on Pune-Solapur Highway against Jalna administration over alleged lathicharge on protestors demanding Maratha reservation, in Solapur, on September 3, 2023. Police used baton-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse a violent mob in Jalna, on September 1.
