Maharashtra government ready to give Maratha reservation - Manoj Jarange gives 2 months time to the government

Maratha Reservation: Manoj Jarange, who was fasting since October 25 demanding Maratha reservation in Maharashtra, ended his fast on Thursday (November 2). Manoj has given time till January 2, 2024 to the government. Before this, retired judges Sunil Shukre and MG Gaikwad met Manoj. He told Manoj what the government would do legally to provide permanent reservation.

After this, a delegation of 4 ministers Dhananjay Munde, Sandipan Bhumre, Atul Save, Uday Samant met Jarange and appealed to end the hunger strike. He also promised to give permanent Maratha reservation. After this Manoj Jarange announced to end the fast.

Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde said that the Legislative session will start from December 7. Maratha reservation will be discussed in this session on 8th December. Jarange said that the Maharashtra government has promised to provide permanent reservation to the Maratha community. He has asked for some time for this. We will give time to the government to make everyone's Diwali sweet. If the government does not give reservation within the stipulated time, we will protest in Mumbai. He said that until Maratha reservation is given, he will not enter his house.

27 committed suicide in 14 days

The ongoing protest in Maharashtra demanding Maratha reservation is becoming violent. 27 people have lost their lives in 14 days. On November 1 also, two people committed suicide in Hingoli district. Manoj Jarange was on hunger strike for the last 9 days. A day earlier he had also stopped drinking water.

On Thursday, agitators blackened the posters of CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in Bhiwandi, Thane. These posters were put up on buses.

Decision in all party meeting – Maratha reservation should be given

In the all-party meeting chaired by CM Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra on Wednesday, all the parties agreed that the Maratha community should get reservation. Leaders of 32 parties including Sharad Pawar participated in this meeting.

After the meeting, CM Shinde said- It has been decided that reservation should be within the ambit of law and without doing injustice to other communities. There is also an appeal to Manoj Jarange, who is on hunger strike for reservation, to end his fast. Violence is not okay.

What happened till now?

The violence that took place in Beed on 30 October has reached Mumbai. Two unidentified people vandalized the convoy vehicle of Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif in front of the official residence of the MLAs in Colaba area on Wednesday morning. 3 people have been detained in this case.

So far, two MPs and 4 MLAs have resigned in support of the movement. These include Hingoli and Nashik MPs Hemant Patil and Hemant Godse of Shiv Sena Shinde faction. Apart from this, Shinde's Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Bornare, Shiv Sena Shinde faction MLA from Vaijapur Ramesh Bornare, Congress MLA from Parbhani Suresh Warpudkar, BJP MLA from Gerwai Laxman Pawar have also resigned.

10 MLAs from the three parties included in the government have also started a fast demanding calling a special session of the assembly.

Today was the 9th day of the hunger strike of Manoj Jarange Patil, who started the movement this year demanding Maratha reservation.

The interim report of Justice Sandeep Shinde Committee was approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday. However, the government rejected the demand of Manoj Jarange Patil, who was on hunger strike, to give reservation to all Marathas.

State DGP Rajneesh Seth said on Wednesday that so far 141 cases have been registered in the violence during the movement. 168 people have been arrested. He said that the miscreants have caused damage to public properties worth Rs 12 crore. For this, notice has been given to 146 accused persons.

OBC community against giving Kunbi certificate to Marathas

The Supreme Court canceled the decision to give separate reservation to the Maratha community. After this, many people including Manoj Jarange Patil are claiming that Maratha society is basically from Kunbi caste. That is, if the Maratha community is given Kunbi certificate, then if it gets reservation, it will get benefit from OBC quota.

At present the reservation under OBC quota in the state is 19 percent. Organizations of the OBC community believe that if the Maratha community is also included in it, then new people will get the benefit of reservation. Our protest is not against Maratha reservation but against giving them reservation from OBC.